Sunday walk
On Sunday I took a walk through the neighborhood. Covered almost 3 miles, my personal best.
Halloween is all but gone. Well, except for this guy.
He was a late addition to my neighbor’s display. They’ve taken everything else down, but left this guy on the lawn.
Some of my neighbors still have pumpkins and scarecrows, things that are more “autumn” than “Halloween”. But a few houses now have those inflatable turkeys.
I previously showed you this one.
And this one
So now let’s add a third
You’ve seen my display
Fall foliage is past peak now.
Thinking of lyrics right now. All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray …I’ve been for a walk …
And yes, the skies were gloomy.
Did you notice how dry the lawns are? We are in a drought. It barely rained in September and it didn’t rain at all in October. We got some rain Sunday night, but not nearly enough.
Long Island’s drinking water supply comes from groundwater, and so far the aquifers are fine. So we aren’t dealing with water restrictions.
NYC, by contrast, relies on reservoirs, which are at about 64% of capacity. Not horrible …yet. But I am concerned.
And we are under threat of wildfires. Fires are burning upstate and in New Jersey, and there was a fire in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, but so far nothing serious on Long Island. I am praying for more rain.
Definitely California dreaming if your lawns are dry, you're thinking about drought, and you've got fire danger. Sorry. That sucks. We have the inflatable turkeys, too. They're fun.
ReplyDeleteYeah, when I don’t need to go west for drought and fire …
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