Feeling pensive on a rainy day

Last night a thunderstorm brought some much-needed rain to the San Antonio area. As I watched the drizzle this morning, I found myself hoping the cold front brought rain to East Texas on its way south, because that area is also suffering from the record drought and heat wave. Many sections of that Texas treasure, Caddo Lake, had turned to mud and silt over the last couple of years. Some of the bayous are no longer navigable.

Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas, and is a beautiful, even mystical, place. It would be a tragedy if the drought were to threaten its existence.