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Oh, sweet relief from the heat!! How wonderful to turn off the air-conditioner!! It only rained for about one hour ten minutes but it was hard and heavy!! ~~  Note that red pail (last picture) is sitting on picnic table bench (seen in earlier picture). Four inches… and none is “run off.” Four and one-half inches in new planter and a small amount might have dripped from awning. Volumes of water poured off the corner of the awning into the rain barrel. Both rain barrels, and blue tub, are full. FYI: Overflow from first rain barrel goes to second barrel and blue tub.

The Maintenance Manager just left my yard (3:35) after instructing me that the planter–with Bluebird house–must be moved soon. Maintenance will construct a “berm” along the tree line and a ditch to divert water to a drain at the front of my site.