Our green hills are now brown. How does late Spring look where you are?

@TheHorse (203753)
Walnut Creek, California
May 28, 2016 1:42pm CST
In Northern California, Spring comes early. If there's been any Winter rain, the hills are a Ireland-like green in January, turning brown in April or May. This year, we had a fairly rainy Winter, and the hills were a lovely green through early May. But Summer brown has taken over, and the green hills are no more. How is Spring (or Fall, for our Southern Hemisphere friends) looking where you are?
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@topffer (42156)
• France
28 May 16
We have not had a week without rain since last fall: yesterday was a sunny day, but today thunderstorms, tomorrow showers, showers again on Monday, cloudy on Tuesday, etc. With this kind of weather, everything is green and the grass is fat. I would like to see here the blue sky on your picture
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 May 16
Perhaps we can trade places for a day. I'd love to be in France. I want to work on my (very bad) French, among other things.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
28 May 16
@TheHorse Why not ? But a day is not enough. I hope that in a year I will have a floor for friends in my house. It will be perfect for an exchange of homes during vacations, but I have to tell you that I do not live in Paris anymore, but in a small city.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 May 16
@topffer I was at a wedding in a small City in France (not my wedding), but I can't remember what it was called. I remember that the townspeople were friendly and played a lot of petanque. We took the train, and the city was to the South, but not that far South.
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@rebelann (110771)
• El Paso, Texas
28 May 16
Beautiful picture, I wish we had trees like that here. Brown is the natural color here until we get a wee bit of moisture then there is a dappling of green and dark olive. Since we got rain early this month it's been dappling nicely but the only way that'll continue is if we keep getting cloudy days ..... I love clouds.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 May 16
A Marty Robbins (I think) earworm is telling me that El Paso is in the Western part of Texas where it can be pretty dry. Am I right?
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@rebelann (110771)
• El Paso, Texas
28 May 16
Yes, and pretty dry is an understatement @TheHorse sand storms is what we get instead of thunderstorms or tornadoes, some can be very fierce. We are surrounded on the west and north by New Mexico and on the south by Mexico.
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• Greece
2 Jun 16
When I first came to Greece I got alarmed because it rarely rained and I had lived most of my life in a country where it rained too much. I wondered how the plants, bushes and trees survived. Now I know there is underground water so things are not quite so dried out deep down. All the same, if we want a garden with flowers then we have to get out the hosepipe every day during the summer.
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@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
28 May 16
Rainy season here and the grass is starting to grow now.
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@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
29 May 16
@TheHorse In the Philippines yes, but fortunately not in the province i live in. I think we were the only province that didn't experience drought at all.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
Glad the rain is coming. You've had some drought issues too, haven't you?
@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 May 16
@toniganzon Interesting. I know the Philippines is a bunch of islands, but I don't know the lay of the land (and water) very well.
@valmnz (17100)
• New Zealand
28 May 16
Our brown scorched summer hills are gone and recent rains are turning the countryside green again.
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• Greece
2 Jun 16
Perhaps some sharing of your glorious cool weather would be refreshing for those of us experiencing a hot dry summer?
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jun 16
@41CombedaleRoad How do the farmers there feel about the lack of rain? Is irrigation in place?
@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 May 16
So let's see. Your May is our...November! That's earlier than in California!
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@marlina (154183)
• Canada
28 May 16
Our front and back lawn is turning a bit brownish too here.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 May 16
Is it usually greener at this time of year? I'd think Spring would be late but glorious in Canada.
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@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
28 May 16
That looks pretty dry. Wildfire danger dry. That is the way it looks down here in SoCal.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 May 16
Yes, when our hills get dry, they get dry!
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@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
28 May 16
The trees and plants are still green, but the flowers are not blooming as in early spring.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 May 16
Our blossoms are long gone as well. I'll have to take a hike and see how the wildflowers in the foothills are doing.
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
29 May 16
Grape vines in Leah's yard with the field beyond. Picture is mine.
We have not gone more than a week without some kind of moisture hitting the ground here since last fall, pony. I don't normally take pictures outside unless it is of plants in my yard, but you are in luck. Since I was at my friend's house last weekend, I took several pictures with my phone out across her property. (I also got several nice shots of the moon with Mars ascending, but that is totally different.) I will show you a picture of the field behind Leah's house.
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
30 May 16
Mars ascendant. Picture is mine.
@TheHorse Thank you, pony! I thought it looked good, too. Yes, it sure does look very big by the moon and to the upper right from it... My phone has a decent camera on it but not good enough to do more than show Mars as a blurred circle, even with multiple magnifications from my pc. I will post a pic of Mars magnified out of proportion, if you wanna see it, though. This picture was taken in Pomona, Missouri.
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
30 May 16
Moon. Picture is mine.
@TheHorse Here is a picture of the moon on that same night in Pomona, Missouri.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
Looks purdy. I noticed Mars looking very big last night.
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@DeborahDiane (39965)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 May 16
Everything is brown, brown, brown here in SoCal. Of course, I heard on the news that Mr. Trump does not believe we are having a drought and he will "fix" our water problems, if elected. Why do I not believe him?
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• United States
29 May 16
Like always, he is full of superficial information from one source. I think he gets it from the reporters from the National Enquirer or TMZ.
@JudyEv (323744)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May 16
It's green here and quite lush for our paddocks. When we first came here 12 years ago there was a lot of grass but I think as the roos get fenced out of other areas around here, they have found a haven on our paddocks and keep the grass in control. If and when we agist a horse or two, they always need supplementary feeding.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
28 May 16
I'm on the 13th floor of my apartment building. I've been here 2 months now and I was just commenting yesterday on how green everything looks from up here all of a sudden! The trees have all sprouted leaves and the grass is turning green. It's so beautiful! There are times I just can't tear myself away from the view!
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@paigea (35511)
• Canada
28 May 16
We had a brown early spring but then the rain came and turned everything green, green, green. It usually stays green here until October. Unfortunately the fires up North have not had much rain.
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@teamfreak16 (43451)
• Denver, Colorado
29 May 16
It looks green here, but we are getting good rain lately.
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
29 May 16
The picture looks lovely,our hills are quite green now,we`ve had rain that does not seem to go away
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
I wouldn't mind a bit of rain here. Our wildfire season starts when the rains stop.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
@miniam Can you just send us a few inches?
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
29 May 16
@TheHorse We`ve just had too much of the rain,like today it`s been raining nonstop since morning.Hope some rain comes your way.
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@Blondie2222 (28613)
• United States
1 Jun 16
We have some spots that are really brown still and some our green since we are getting rain now. I hate when i drive somewhere and see where it's brown it's not a good look.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jun 16
I much prefer the green of our early Spring.
• Greece
2 Jun 16
The grass is beginning to dryout, depending on the soil. But the land will never be brown because it is host to lots of pines and olive trees and they stay green all the year round.
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• Greece
4 Jun 16
@TheHorse They are beautiful when they are young but as they get old they tend to look more bedraggled - a bit like myself I suppose...
@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Jun 16
Ah, pines. I didn't know that!
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 May 16
we stay green...all year to an extent. we rarely get a good brown going on
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• Centralia, Missouri
30 May 16
@TheHorse couple hours directly east of dallas
@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
How far South are you, again?
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@nanette64 (20368)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 May 16
Because of all the heavy rains here in Texas @TheHorse , I don't think there's a drought area left. My grass is so green, I've had to have it mowed 3 times.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
It sounds like it's still dry near El Paso. Big state you have there!
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• United States
29 May 16
Our hills are brown, like yours. But most of them have been cleared, so it's like the hills have been given a haircut after it was bleached blonde.
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@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
How do they lear them? Here, you'll see large herds of goats grazing away. There are Companies that hire them out.
• United States
29 May 16
Wildflowers in my garden against the Mojave desert background
@TheHorse(20013) Going from the sort of tropical San Diego to the high desert made me think I would miss the spring. Luckily there has been rain on and off. The above is a picture of my garden in the Mojave Desert. I always heard they did test runs on cars out here since the weather and conditions were so brutal. What a treat to have green vegetables and these wild flowers that volunteered to show up in my garden.
@TheHorse (203753)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 May 16
It looks familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.