We are in a drought stricken region of Ontario, a severe drought. Just our little area is in severe drought, but there are other small agricultural based areas where there is a moderate drought.
It is so dry here that a passing train caused five or more fires, which took the fire departments of five municipalities to extinguish. So glad the fires were put out in a matter of hours.
Although we had one short rainfall in August (an hour or so), the drought continues.
Attila has kept the garden alive through this severe drought, which is quite an accomplishment. Since there has been no rain all summer, we have had to resort to using municipal water to water our garden. Luckily there are have been no restrictions on water use, so that we were able to keep our food supply alive, although the yields have been affected.
We decided to attend the Celebration of Life for my dear cousin, which involved being away from home for a few days. It was wonderful to see my sisters, my cousins, their families, and visit with my Mom. The garden managed to survive our absence, barely, but it was set back quite a bit for the lack of water. Ginger was very upset by our absence, he acted out his angst by throwing up all over the place, and pooping in the bedroom, it was quite a mess. On the bright side, we were missed!
We are gently falling into our routines, and are settling back in at home. Ginger, once he expressed his displeasure, recovered his tranquility. The garden is still alive, and struggling to remain so during this continuing drought.
Attila, Ginger, and I remain, happy to be living with beings who like us.
Worldly
Weather
22°C
Date: 12:00 PM EDT Sunday 24 August 2025
Condition: Mostly Cloudy
Pressure: 101.0 kPa
Tendency: Rising
Temperature: 22.4°C
Dew point: 20.0°C
Humidity: 86%
Wind: S 20 km/h
Humidex: 30
Visibility: 24 km
Quote
“The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives.”
John Green
1977 –
Just for you, Maggie. I truly hope it rains on you soon. love SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKx40e7LX7g
LOL
Steve Paul, music to our ears.
The weather people had predicted some rain tonight, but that prediction has been rescinded. Now they say maybe Tuesday. Rain predicted here all summer, it doesn’t arrive. I think the predictions are based on a geographical area larger than that of the actual severe drought, and the predicted rain falls, but to the north, south, east, and west of us, not here.
If this were a human interaction situation I would be very suspicious that this situation is deliberate, but mother nature plays no favourites. This is fate.
We had thunderstorms again today. I sincerely hope that our bounty spreads in your direction.
Forecasts for the next few months do show Southern Ontario having more precipitation than normal.
The worry of drought is ahead of us in Australia – the long range forecast is saying above average rainfall where we are in Victoria but as we all know that doesn’t mean it will actually happen.
I must say you are lucky not to have water restrictions in place, that’s one of the first things to happen down here.
Teri, so great that you got some rain!
Here we don’t know what to expect, it has something to do with wind patterns. Just a few miles to the south of us we see rain clouds this morning, there will be no rain here.
We are in a bubble of severe drought, unlike the rest of Southern Ontario.
Cathy, you are so right in saying “as we all know that doesn’t mean it will actually happen.”
Our good fortune at having no water restrictions is thanks to Lake Ontario, we live along the north shore of the lake. It makes for a less than wonderful quality of water, but there seems to be enough of it. It would be so hard to cope without the water source, our garden would have perished in July!
Interesting that although we have the water source, which is expensive, the bills are based on usage, that only one home we pass by in this area waters their grass, Their lawn is striking in contrast to the rest of the neighbourhood lawns. People water their flower beds, but not their lawns.
One of the upsides to the drought is that the only living plants in peoples lawns are the weeds, and they are quite beautiful this time of year. A field of blue Chicory and Queen Anne’s Lace is so pretty.
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