How Dry It Is

The yard crunches as you walk and mowing the grass is out, but the Baltimore weather people say "It's another nice day." You want to yell at the TV "look outside, we need rain." It is so dry in Eldersburg, the trees are dropping leaves, and it looks like October instead of the first of July. The yard looks like August as it is turning brown. The rain barrel is half empty or half full depending on how you look at it. Either way, it’s not getting refilled this week or we keep using it to water the plants. The temperature is to push 100 most of the week. It is very hot and to get humid as the week goes on. Last week my brother told me if we didn't get rain the local sweet corn was going to look terrible. The corn fields around Carroll look bad. They need rain now, but none is in the forecast for the rest of the week. If it's this dry now, I hate to see when we get to the dog days of summer in August.