it never rains in southern california

well, it does, and apparently it will, at long last, tomorrow and possibly sunday, after the driest year ever on record here. not that it hasn't rained at all (most notably last weekend when the dogs and us humans were startled awake by a pounding rain that lasted about 20 minutes and then was no more), but barely.

which makes me wonder if this is what we're looking forward to:

australia to cut off all irrigation