{"id":18534,"date":"2020-09-25T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=18534"},"modified":"2020-12-04T03:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T07:02:22","slug":"day-196-extreme-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=18534","title":{"rendered":"Day 196: Extreme Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The leaves of all the saplings have withered.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Withered leaves up close.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Withered Berry
Partridgeberries often look juicy throughout the winter, but not this year. They’re already shrunken and wrinkly.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it would just rain…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please let it rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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