The first thing we noticed today was the lack of color. Mostly, the trees are still green. By this time last year, color was bursting on the maple trees.
Usually, the trees along waterways change color first. Not only first, but also brightest. So we went down to the creek in Harrisville, right across the Rhode Island border. There was a bit more color there than elsewhere, but not a lot.
The next thing we noticed was river bottom. Ground where we had never seen it before. The level of the creek is low. You could not put a boat in the water from the ramp. If you somehow managed to get something into the creek, there isn’t enough water to keep you off the mud.
The drought we are not officially having is worrisome. The entire region is “abnormally dry,” but our little corner of the region is drier still.
We had no rain at all during August. Almost none in July. Just a day or two in June. Two rain days in late May. That’s very little precipitation for an area that’s a regional watershed.
We haven’t seen ducks, geese, or swans, nor even a heron. Not since early May.
Maybe the Red Sox will close their season with a 7-game winning streak to finish at .500. And maybe it will rain next week.
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None of our leaves have changed yet, which is highly unusual. I think in our case it’s because we had too much rain.
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Well, it sure seems to be going around … too much or too little, the seasons are late. Maybe winter will be late, too.
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I know the lack of rain is a major concern but I’ll take the sunshine and mild temps as long as we can get them — I won’t mention that dreaded word.
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The draught is worrisome, the colours are beautiful – aren’t the Jays doing great?
Leslie
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Yes, as badly as the Sox are doing, the Jays are doing that much better 🙂 And the drought is very worrisome. It has been going on for more than 5 years. If it weren’t for the melting snow in the spring, we’d have no water at all.
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Far better to have a few rain storms than all that snow, but you have to take what you can get.
Leslie
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Jays are doing great. Is it raining outside the dome?
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No its’s a glorious day. The sun is shining. It must be about 80’F. I’m walking around in bare feet and the patio door is wide open.
Leslie
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Right. But there’s no climate change. It’s just always like that in the great north land at the end of September.
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It has been like this before, but one doesn’t get many days (weeks) like this in September.
Leslie
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Never in my memory have we had an entire summer like this. It has been hot, dry, sunny or maybe a bit overcast since the middle of May. You can count rain days on one hand along with the number of inches of precipitation.
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Then there’s the winter, what will that be like?
Leslie
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It is so beautiful, though, and still seems green. And wonderful color in the sky. Love the first picture, especially.
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The color is about two weeks late. Spring was late too, as was summer. The seasons are being weird.
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All over the U.S. if not the world.
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It would seem so. I can’t understand how anyone can deny climate change. It’s so obvious.
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Yet they do! Same people who scream Obama is Muslim and not an American, most likely.
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I believe the stupid have always been among us … but why did we have to give them platforms to scream their stupidity to the whole world?
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Hopefully “we” didn’t. “They” did.
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Sometimes, I realize that whether or not I agree or had a hand in whatever, I am part of the “we.” Even though I don’t vote for “them” or agree with “them” … I am one of them. Because we all are. Though there are an awful lot of days when I would very much like to cancel my subscription.
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The blame clearly falls on The New England Patriots.
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I believe the climate change problems can be blamed on the nefarious Bill Bellicheck and the scheming New England Patriots. They are deflating the clouds and polluting our precious body fluids.
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Thank you. Hard to go wrong with all that Mother Nature offers.
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Thank you. And thank you, Mother Nature.
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