Thunderstorm, Rainbow, & New Wildflowers

After seeing a mere 0.09" of rain since June 4th we saw our first substantial thunderstorm in nearly 4 weeks this evening. Nearly a half inch of rain fell accompanied by a few 30-40 mph wind gusts. As the storm departed an impressive rainbow, and near double rainbow, developed.

 

Just prior to our brief thunderstorm I was doing some trimming down by the ditch and saw a distinctive bright orange cluster of small flowers, pictured on the left, butterfly milkweed! On the other corner of the property, the youngest and I found more bright orange flowers, but these were a different type, pictured on the right, trumpet vine!