It's Not a Pretty Thing

"Drought"

Until this year, I thought I knew what that word meant...little did I really know.

Webster defines drought as: to dry up; a period of dryness especially when prolonged.

One that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth.

Yep, that's us.

In my corner of the parish, we have had less than one inch of rain in the last

three months and nearly every day the temperature has exceeded 100.

(This evening at 6:45 p.m. the temperature was still 106.)

I have never seen nature in such distress before.

This is what is left of the Viburnum. I fear it

is too damaged to come back next spring along with

the azaleas and hydrangeas.

We are at the point where watering is futile. There is too much dryness

and not enough water to make a difference.

Anything that is still green is wilted and tired of struggling.

The forecast for the next ten days is more of the same.
I don't have the heart to look beyond that.

I know eventually, God will send rain and the temperature will drop

and we will look back on, and talk about the "drought of 2011" in the

past tense.

But while we are living it, it is not a pretty nor a pleasant thing.

Hope your part of the world is greener, cooler and wetter!