While here in .y normally dry northwest corner of NM we have had more so far rain this year than we normally get in 2 full years, with snows still to come. Not all of the area, just my small corner of it. So I think we should abandon “normal” when it comes to weather…. Nature is having a hissy fit, calling for attention.
I guess dry is the new normal. All the rain too often comes at once, flooding. We are shifting our plantings from a coastal regime to a more Mediterranean regime to account for our increasingly dry summers. Everything is stressed. I hope rain comes to you soon.
Dry has become the new normal. And the rain that comes – sometimes locally referred to as “man rain” big, pounding drops that just runs off and floods. Unlike the “lady rain” – small soaking drops gently replenishing the landscape and water table.. Particularly bad this year – with many peoples’ wells going dry. Yes indeed, time to shift the planting regime. Be well. Take good care. Because EVERYTHING is stressed.
Western Iowa, and most of Iowa really, was under some kind of drought warning the last 4-5 years. At times extreme. This year the state received enough rain to change that outlook. Climate change, cyclical, something is afoot. But some folks’ heads are buried soooo deep into the sand or up their a….., they really can’t see or don’t care to see larger implications.
Joni Mitchell said it best when she wrote her Yellow Taxi song.
While here in .y normally dry northwest corner of NM we have had more so far rain this year than we normally get in 2 full years, with snows still to come. Not all of the area, just my small corner of it. So I think we should abandon “normal” when it comes to weather…. Nature is having a hissy fit, calling for attention.
Yes she is. She’s adapting as fast as she can – but she needs our help. I am glad you have had rain. And I am wondering how your garden is going…🌸☀️🦋
I guess dry is the new normal. All the rain too often comes at once, flooding. We are shifting our plantings from a coastal regime to a more Mediterranean regime to account for our increasingly dry summers. Everything is stressed. I hope rain comes to you soon.
Dry has become the new normal. And the rain that comes – sometimes locally referred to as “man rain” big, pounding drops that just runs off and floods. Unlike the “lady rain” – small soaking drops gently replenishing the landscape and water table.. Particularly bad this year – with many peoples’ wells going dry. Yes indeed, time to shift the planting regime. Be well. Take good care. Because EVERYTHING is stressed.
Western Iowa, and most of Iowa really, was under some kind of drought warning the last 4-5 years. At times extreme. This year the state received enough rain to change that outlook. Climate change, cyclical, something is afoot. But some folks’ heads are buried soooo deep into the sand or up their a….., they really can’t see or don’t care to see larger implications.
Joni Mitchell said it best when she wrote her Yellow Taxi song.
That she did Jerry. Drought has been encroaching here to in the Northeast in the last few years.
If you need rain, I hope it comes soon. We could use rain, too (south central Pennsylvania). And (to go on to whine) the cooler fall weather.
I hear you CL and hope both arrive for you soon.
I’m sorry, I forgot to mention most importantly–the photograph is dramatic. As is the metaphor of metronome.
Thanks SO much.