Mother Nature Knows!

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In central Texas we have a native plant called Texas Sage. Here are a couple of pictures of the plant, one in bloom, one not in bloom. It is also called a weather plant or a barometer plant because it only blooms when the weather changes. I have two of the plants in my back yard, and it is true, they go weeks without blooming, then BAM! they bloom. When not in bloom, they are just a plain green plant (see pic)

Well, I was listening to our long term forecast last weekend and they said it would be very hot all week with no chance of rain till next weekend. I look at the forecast on my computer and my phone and it says the same thing - highs in the upper 90's and no rain. The very next day though, I saw the Texas Sage in FULL BLOOM! Well, it had rained a couple days previously, so I thought it was due to the rain (and maybe it was, partially). But then, I started to see sage in FULL bloom all over town - and the more prominent the weather change, the more it blooms. Well, l I wake up today and there is thunder and lightening and rain on the way to work. I check the long term forecast and lo and behold, it has changed to rain every day and temps in the upper 80's, low 90's.

So there you go, Mother Nature knows more than the weather men!