This Is What Comes Out Of The Sky, Right?

I have the impression some folks think I'm exaggerating slightly about the complete and total nonexistence of rain in my world. As suggestive photographic evidence, I offer this:



That faint red dot is the sun. It's actually a heck of a lot redder to the eye than it looks in this picture, too. And there's a good reason for that. You see, this is what we have instead of rain. We have smoke. Smoke is the new rain here.

Me, I miss the old rain. Although at least today I can't actually feel burnt bits of Arizona in my lungs, so that's something.