Here you see an image of one of our local ponds as it appeared Wednesday,
We hope that it will remain beautiful all summer, but the signs are not promising.
Yesterday’s official U.S. Drought Monitor shows that our area of Down East Maine already is in a moderate drought and there is a wide swath of abnormally dry conditions in significant parts of the rest of Maine:
Yet, it’s only mid-June and we’re on the New England coast!
The Monitor points out that precipitation and stream flows in Maine have been below normal in many areas and that soil moisture remains negative across much of Maine. The situation is much worse in the western states, but that certainly doesn’t make me feel better. (Lucky, maybe.)
By the way, it rained last night and this morning, but it wasn’t the kind of soaking rain that we need and have not been getting. (Photograph taken in Brooklin, Maine, on June 15, 2022.)