Near Normal
Lower Field, Greasy Creek
March 26, 2007
When one considers the reality of our feed conditions ten days ago after a hot and rainless month of March, a grass season already shortened with only 50% of average rainfall, the resilient phenomenon of California’s natural resources in this semi-arid region that have adapted, endured and often flourished is remarkable. On the cusp of desert, our weather is unpredictable and often volatile, but to observe this miracle of Nature now underway after such abnormally dry conditions truly enlarges the range of one’s spirit. Not out of the veritable woods yet, the .40 of an inch now in the gauge with thundershowers looming as the Valley heats-up helps get us part-way to a near-normal season.
Our emphasis herein on weather conditions may strike some as an unusual preoccupation that hints of an unorthodox spirituality, as is intended. I dare say as was intended for all humanity, once upon a time. I believe our current and general disassociation from Nature, despite the hip rhetoric, contributes to the world’s maladies and adds to a growing egocentrism that a mere half-a-day outside away from it all just might relieve. Squeeze a picnic into spring.