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Mount Rainier and Upper Tipsoo Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Sere (adjective): being dried and withered.
Synonyms: droughty, dry, waterless
When I hiked here a couple of weeks ago I was shocked at how little snow was on the mountain and how much rock was exposed. It looked more like late August after a hot summer than early July. I was equally shocked at how little water was in Upper Tipsoo Lake. You can see the area in the foreground where the lake should be - where I stood to take the photo is typically under water.
Going into June it was actually a higher than average snowpack year after a snowy early spring in the mountains, but during the "heat dome" in late June, over 30% of Mount Rainier's snowpack melted in less than a week and is completely gone from the lower slopes now.
It has been a hot and dry Spring and Summer here in the Pacific Northwest, with little rain, and as as much as I would want to hope this is just an aberration, I worry that this is becoming the "new normal".
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Ci vogliono anni
e sangue e silenzi
per capire delle sere
quel loro chiedere muto,
quel rivolgerci domande
che rimangono lì,
con quella poca luce
e tante ombre di persone
che non tornano più
a dirti come fare, a rammentarti
il rigore del tempo
la sua lenta brevità che smuore
anche se ti sforzi di ricordare,
di lanciare messaggi
dal tuo angolo.
Paolo Longo genn 2013
Seringen boom in mijn tuin. Vanmorgen was het windstil en er zaten nog regendruppels op, perfecte omstandigheden voor een foto.
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La sera, come tutte le sere, venne la sera. Non c’è niente da fare: quella è una cosa che non guarda in faccia nessuno.
Succede e basta.
Non importa che razza di giorno arriva a spegnere. Magari è stato un giorno eccezionale, ma non cambia nulla. Arriva e lo spegne.
Alessandro Baricco
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I was surprised by the small roses in the lilac, but it seems to be a common lllac.
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"The skies they were ashen and sober;
The leaves they were crispéd and sere—
The leaves they were withering and sere;
It was night in the lonesome October
Of my most immemorial year;
It was hard by the dim lake of Auber,
In the misty mid region of Weir—
It was down by the dank tarn of Auber,
In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. "
- - from "Ulalume" by Edgar Allan Poe
Best viewed LARGE. And a Happy October to all !