Drought Of 2012

Have You Ever Seen Anything Like It? Yes I Am Referring To This Years Drought. Some Have Said It's The Worse Since 1987. Now, Those Who's Job It Is To Make These Comparison Said You Have To Go back To 1963 To Find A Season This Dry. It's Been Almost Two Months Since I Had To Use The Lawnmower. The Midwest Has Been Suffering Through These Extreme High Temperatures And Very Little Rain. I Was Young In 1963 But Not As Concerned With Drought Issues As I Am Today. The Farmers In This Area Have Pretty Much Said The Corn Crop Is Not Even Worth Harvesting. We Can Expect The Price Of Corn Products To Be High In Cost Due To The Shortages From The Midwestern States.
I Have A Tree In The Front Yard That Lost It's Leaves. It's Not Even August Yet And The Dog Days Of Summer Is In Full Force. If It Wasn't For Our Feeders I Am Not Sure If The Hummingbirds Would Still Be Around.
The Robins Have Thinned Out Considerably Because Their Food Is So Scarce. I Really Don't Like Making Predictions When It Comes To The Weather. However Our Previous Winter Was One Of The Warmest On Record. Our Spring Came Very Early. I Have A Feeling That Winter Will Be Here Before Expected. It Also May Be A Very Long Winter At That.
Of Course Only Mother Nature Can Say For Sure But The Seasons Here In The Midwest Are Way Ahead Of Itself. The Calendar May Say The End Of July, But I Have A Feeling It Is More Like The End Of August. Cities Throughout The Midwest Are Asking Residents To Conserve On Their Water Usage. The Rivers Are Drying Up And What Grass We Have Is All Brown Like The Winter Months. Those Who Have Knowledge Of Droughts Have Prepared Us By Informing That Some Tree's May Have A Lasting Effect That We May Not Even See Until Maybe Three Years Down The Road.
I Have Set A Couple Pans Of Water Out For The Birds And Squirrels. I Have Seen Deer In Places I Have Never Seen Them Before. They Are In Search For Water And Where Ever That Is They Will Be.
Hopefully We Will Get Some Relief Before It Does Any More Damage. All We Can Do At This Point Is Pray Or Do A Rain Dance. I Have Already Been Praying. Do You Have Your Dancing Shoes On?