August

It has been very dry around here, and I've managed to take a photo that includes blue sky without too much smoke from all the fires in the region.  We haven't had rain for months and the temperatures have been hotter than usual, even for August.  So, I was surprised when I went out in the prairie today to see so much green.  Nothing out here gets watered, but native plants put their roots down deep into the soil where there is still some moisture, apparently.