Dear WeatherCat observers of the seasons turning,
Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice. You can look up the exact time it will occur in your location on this handy dandy webpage:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180621T1007&msg=June%20Solstice%202018To get us in the mood for summer I set about taking some photographs of the local area that capture summer in Northern California. The hills have definitely turned brown:
Although this scene is not entirely wild. Note the two palm trees on the lower right. California poppies are getting in their last blooms before going dormant:
These are indeed hardy plants! There are other flowering plants that indeed stress the point of how dry things have become:
As you would expect, the creeks are drying up:
That isn't good news for the creatures that are just getting a start in life:
This little thing will have a drinking problem:
Not too much drinking, not enough places to find clean water.
Still life manages to cling in some of the most unexpected places:
. . . .
Surely a quintessential California dandelion if there ever was one. Either is it a victim of the California school system and cannot read, or it is among those radical politico types defying authority! . . .
There is just one problem when I try to create one of these photo essays. Invariably,
da' trusty wagon always manages to
"get in da' act!!"Welcome to Summer 2018!
Cheers, Edouard