{"id":1522,"date":"2009-07-09T22:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T02:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2010-10-08T21:24:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T01:24:53","slug":"i-can-make-it-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2009\/07\/09\/i-can-make-it-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"I can make it rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Why is it that whenever I pull out my garden hose and start watering the garden it suddenly starts raining?  If this keeps happening I&#8217;m going to begin to think I&#8217;ve got magical powers!<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Seriously &#8230; we haven&#8217;t really had any rain over the last week and a half to two weeks.  Oh sure, every day has called for showers, rain or thunderstorms and it&#8217;s definitely rained in other parts of the city, but hadn&#8217;t rained here. <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday there were dark clouds all day, but when by 6 pm it still hadn&#8217;t rained I decided that it was time to water the garden. 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