The drought here has taken its toll on crops and livestock but also I believe it is starting to take its toll on wildlife. We live in the wettest part of this state and this is the worst drought Ive seen it in the 17 years we have lived here. We did get a few scattered showers that moved through last night but not near what is needed. Our grapes did well and my wife has been picking for a week or two, when its this hot they seem to ripen at different rates on the same stem. This doe was out helping herself the other morning, I was really in no great hurry to spook her off the grapes, we have picked a bunch and the droughts been tough. I let her browse until she spotted me with my camera.
Ironweed is in bloom, I was using my wife's point and shoot Kodak this morning as my camera has bit the dust. I believe the sensor went bad. RIP. Need to start saving for anew one this point and shoot is OK for some things but its not what I really need.
Its hard to tell but this leaf is holding just about the amount of rain that fell today so far, hope we get some more.
The pastures have browned up, the trees are losing their leaves and its pretty dry. Temps have been over 100 for about two weeks.
I spotted this group of young turkeys out for a stroll with an adult as I drove home from town.
This is where some cattle have found whats left of a hole in a dried up stream, actually pretty cool down there.
2 comments:
I heard about all of this but reading your blog really hits home.Hopefully things are better for you now.
I had a flight from east coast to west around this time and was shocked to see (from the air) how dry it was.
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