A Thought on Global Warming

After all that sturm und drang yesterday, after those rumbling clouds and dark skies blew in from the south, after that lightning and the rain... After all that, the drops dried up and nothing came of it.

Of course, that was not the case for neighborhoods just east of here. But it was true for us, and that empty rain barrel (Did I leave the valve open?) never got a chance to fill up.

And today, the sky was blue, and the sun was shining down warm on the crushed granite path in the front yard, turning it pink. And the...

The new growth on the Lacey Oak was bespotted. And the Mealy Blue sage leaves were pale. And the oregano was thinning and lying limp on the damp ground.

After all the effort we've gone to in this city to introduce drought tolerant species, wouldn't it be a supreme irony if this global warming thing turned Central Texas into a rain forest. All of our xeriscape for nought. We'd have to start over, as if we lived in Houston, perish the thought. (Not that there's anything wrong with Houston, but ... you know.)

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