The view from here

In the first few years of creating our garden, we took out a huge old Norway maple tree. We saved the lower trunk and used it as a pedestal for sculpture inside the house as well as in the garden. Just recently Mark sawed it in two to create a pair of rustic seats that we can use outside the tea house. They give us a place to sit, under the shelter of the roof overhang, where we can listen to the water tumble over the rocks in the stream and enjoy a lush view of our garden. 

You can just see the edge of the stump seats in the lower right corner of this picture. Less than a quarter of an inch of rain in June compared to the usual four inches. So this picture is deceptive; it's much drier than it appears but I've been watering weekly and praying for rain.

Comments

[mamaraby]

Our mostly shaded lawn has now begun to turn brown and I think I've only mowed three times. Even the weeds are starting to look crispy. I second the "we need rain" thoughts.

Oh, and tree stumps. Love tree stumps for sitting!

[Linda Brazill]

I looked in my garden journal for last summer and saw that at our house we had about 2 inches of rain in June and the same in July. This year weve had less than half an inch in June so I am getting more than a little concerned (and crabby). Even if we would have a cloudy day or a cooler spell so it wasnt so relentlessly hot and sunny. I am definitely not a California girl!

[Mark and Gaz]

I love the atmosphere captured by your photo, simply delightful.

[Lisa at Greenbow]

We had much the same weather in June. Driest ever. Last night a terrible storm came through. 91mph winds, hail, two limbs down, without electric for 6 hours and one inch of rain. A high price for one inch of rain. I was thrilled to get it though. Your garden looks beautiful even with the drought.

[Linda Brazill]

Your weather event is what I am afraid will happen here!