It's getting ghostly, not because there's too much darkness, but because there's too much light...
the dandelions have given up.
Underneath the ghostly sheet, an oak sapling. Four days of over 40 degrees temperature are enough to extinguish many strugglers -
- this is not an easy country. It makes you or it breaks you.
I long for a land of plentiful water...
...as does my girl.
Is it an emergency, here, now? I don't know, but even the toughest wilt.
At least there is life still. It is paramount, is it not, to have birds in a garden? It is here, for me at least.
It's no use shutting windows or doors - the heat, it permeates everything.The most challenging time is this, this white-hot season, when the help you hope the world will get may be thwarted. And so you accept it. Or must.
A glimpse of the hot artist himself! I feel so honoured - thank you dear Gardener across the oceans....
ReplyDeleteWords that cool me down, Hannah...
DeleteThese photos make me grateful for our fog and clouds.
ReplyDeleteRubye Jack, right now I could do with a sky-ful of fog and clouds!
DeleteOh the heat of summer. I, here in the southern US so appreciate what you are saying. While we have never had our inside water rationed, we do often find ourselves in the position to have our outside water rationed. I do hope you have a break in the heat soon.
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie! Yes, at times we've had water restrictions, quite severe ones during the last drought we had. Tonight, as I write this, a huge change is meant to be coming, and the extreme heat we're just now having won't be back again this summer.
DeleteFaisal, thinking of you, Sara and Biscuit this very hot morning ( and it's comparatively cooler here in Sydney). A hard country, this beautiful Australia, isn't it? Stay as cool as possible, and stay safe...
ReplyDeleteYes, the hardness makes us tough Carol, but it is truly beautiful, this country, which makes it worth it. Thank you for your very kind words.
DeleteYou are bone dry..we are sopping wet
ReplyDeleteThere's no making sense of it
you've captured the heat well, Faisal. As I write we're on the verge of another horrible week ... will the garden survive? Only time will tell.
ReplyDeleteHi Faisal, What are the birds you have on your bird table, with the lovely head feathers? I just discovered blue Wrens here in Dubbo the other day. They were sweet.
ReplyDeleteHello Lord Cowell,
ReplyDeletethe birds are the native Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) - lovely large eyes, a keener intelligence than some other pigeons I've encountered. They coo hauntingly when mating. When they alight, their wings make a rustling sound. Best of all is that whacky top-notch! We get blue wrens here too -delightful!