Storms but no rain

We keep getting threatening skies, roiling clouds and thunderstorm warnings, but they pass by and we get no rain.  Just under 2/10ths of an inch yesterday.  Today, hot sticky and humid.

The shasta daisies are all blooming now.  A second bloom on the geums has started.  The orange milkweed is finally filling in and the drumstick alliums are opening up.

Gardens are looking good:

In the new garden along the west walk, the Ceanothus americanus plants ae blooming.  They'll get  much bigger, I think, in future years.