Rain, glorious rain

It's been an incredibly dry year so far--only about 24" of snow (as opposed to our usual 50" or so)--and hardly any rain. We hooked up the rain barrels early this year, anticipating that we might have a dry spring. So far, barely an inch in the second barrel and nothing in the third. But tonight, I heard a few drops on the sky light in the sun room. Whether or not that translates to real, honest water remains to be seen.

Of course, this is the year we are going to try to grow corn, which needs lots of water. And it would be nice to have some decent grass, too. But, we'll do the best we can with what we've got. I'd definitely rather have sun than rain most of the time.