It is so dry. This should be prime aster season, and while the flat top asters (Doellingeria umbellata) are loving the weather, there should be near equal amounts of American asters (Symphyotrichum sp.) alongside them in the meadow and the woods, and they’re barely there. You’d have no idea it rained yesterday from the state of things.
I’ll admit I’m enjoying how much less buggy the woods are at the moment, but I think I’d rather deal with bugs.