Summertime: and the livin' is dusty

Not very romantic, but my first thought was summertime and the termites are swarming, so it could be worse.

Yep, green season is over, here in California:

And we're into brown season again.



(Except for the star thistles.  Nothing kills them.)

The cows:

have gone

The sweetpeas:

are possibly just past their best.

But, on the other hand, the beans are flowering:

I just have to try not to think about what beans flowering used to look like.

And be glad that the only raindrops around are these ones:

that my dad made in case I forgot what rain was or which bit of an umbrella was the top.