The jury is still out on that one. Unfortunately many communities have had far too much rain while others need it desperately. Where's the balance?

In my backyard the Nikko Blue Hydrangeas (Macrophylla, sometimes called Mopheads) are quite happy. The combination of torrential precipitation and highly acidic soil have produced a prodigious parade of blossoms.

For you photo nerds the photo was exposed at 2 seconds with a tiny aperture (f57) using a telephoto lens and 2x extender (520 mm) for magnification, resulting in both widening and narrowing the depth of field. And then the image was passed mildly through one of my magical post capture filters to produce the slight "painterly" effect.

Hope the rest of your summer provides your kind of weather preferences.