It’s November 1, and the temperature at 5:00pm is 71 degrees. The beautiful weather would be easier to enjoy if: 1. it were not so dry, and 2. if climate change did not instill a sense of dread. It certainly feels like early September. The little pond across from The Little House will be dry by morning. The picture below was taken this morning and that tiny spot of water has been shrinking all day.
There is an upside to dry ponds. Plants that have been suppressed by standing water will now sprout. Those plants will provide food for aquatic life when the water returns. Waterfowl and other fauna will benefit from the new plant growth.
There was a combine fire in the county. The farmer was prepared with a tractor attached to a tillage machine, a disc. He was discing the fire in the corn stalks by the time the firetrucks arrived. With his quick action and the firemen’s response the fire was quickly contained. The combine?? Perhaps a loss and new combines cost as much as $500,000. Uffda!
Takk for alt,
Al
A tiny spot of water in the middle of the former pond.
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