Any way you dress it up, it is still a drought.

Nikon D5100 f/5.6 ISO 800 1/250 s 55-300@155mm – Summer 2012

Here it is mid-August, and we have been feeding hay to the horses for over a month. We will be feeding hay through at least March of 2013. The pastures will need to be seeded before there will be any grass available for the horses to graze.

I did get out and about this morning with my camera. Despite a brief, soft rain the other morning, everything is crunchy, crispy-dry.

Nikon D5100 f/8 ISO 400 1/250 s 55-300@300mm – Summer 2012

As the sun sent its orangey morning beams across the land, it only served to accentuate the brownness of the vegetation.