Canadian Geographic photo
Waking to grey sky, tiptoing out to check
on my petunias, I discover the first tiny drops
of precipitation we have had in a very long time.
Just a sip, a taste,
Just a sip, a taste,
to make my petunias happy,
but not enough to slake the thirst
of the dying hedge.
of the dying hedge.
The grass has been yellow and crunchy for two weeks
and it is only June. The rhodos are struggling;
the rainforest has no rain. I can almost hear roots
calling desperately for water. We are already
in stage two restrictions here. But who
will watch to see if the million tourists take
fast showers?
Across Canada, 200 wildfires burn. Towns
are evacuated, homes are lost, men struggle
in the heat to douse the flames. The wild ones
flee in terror in a world on fire.
And no leader speaks of the urgent need
to lower emissions. As if this summer is
an aberration, instead of a look at
what's to come, as summers get hotter
and hotter
every year.
every year.
It's totally crazy. Portugal and Spain have drought and very high springtime temperatures. Is this covered by any of our news media? No. (Kim, The Cheesesellers wife here! )
ReplyDeleteHotter and hotter is right..we're already feeling it here. And there's all that talk of El Nino, wonder what's in store.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get some rain soon, Sherry, and that you are staying safe and well. Our climate is changed almost beyond recognition, and the grass is becoming very dry already.
ReplyDeleteWe're having "record cold" weather here, so I think what you're noticing is LOCAL warming. I empathize with the feeling that if one did prevail on people to do what needs to be done about that, would one live to see the benefit? though.
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