Since I first wrote about our drought situation in early September, we’ve had next to no rain. Our level of drought has consequently been moved up to “extreme” at the official drought-monitoring website. We are now in worse condition, drought-wise, than most of California is.
But I didn’t need any website to tell me that the drought has gotten worse. The proof is all around. I walked into one of the wooded sections of our property today, and this is what I saw.
Partridgeberries often look juicy throughout the winter, but not this year. They’re already shrunken and wrinkly.
It’s sad to see so many plants shriveling up and dying. It almost makes me want to stay inside with my head under a pillow. But there’s still a lot of beauty out there: acorns, fall colors, bumblebees, goldenrod, crickets, frogs, and woolly bears. I’ll try to share more about those next week.
If it would just rain…
Please let it rain.
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