Rainless Days

We have been without significant rainfall for over a month.

Usually by mid-October, we are surrounded by brilliant orange, and red leaves on the trees, but sadly they are turning brown, and falling to the ground.

Interesting, since we had a wet spring and summer, and now a dry, brown Autumn.

The Autumn Joy Sedum however, is turning a delicious shade of crimson.

 

 

Rainless Days

Surrounding wildfires have caused the skies to become thick with smoke, the smell of burning undergrowth lingers in the night sky.
There is an air-quality alert issued for the entire state.
Still no sign of rain for the last ten weeks, I'm worried about the wildlife in the area.

I ventured out to do a little 'pre-season' Christmas shopping, but since I'm one of those who is a 'susceptible to bronchitis' type it didn't take long and I had to throw in the towel....
Cough, cough.

Sunshine And Shadows

The calendar tells us it's almost November, and yet our days are still filled with hours of sunshine.

86 degrees worth of the stuff, and no rain in over five weeks now.

Watering the shrubs has become a ritual, the ground is parched and cracked.

November days ahead and we are still wearing shorts and flip-flops.

At this rate, we'll be doing our Christmas shopping in them.