A Tractor Ploughing A Dry Field in Switzerland

Today a tractor was ploughing a dry field. A cloud of dust was not that visible but you can see that rain would now be welcome. I walked by the usual river and looked down and the rocks in the riverbed are uncovered. There is no water running over them anymore. I notied that in another field pumpkins seem to be ready.

A dry Field In Switzerland

En moyenne nationale, le mois d'août 2021 s’est montré plus frais de 0,6 °C que la norme 1981-2010. Les précipitations sont restées globalement déficitaires au Nord des Alpes. Bilan du mois d'août dans le #blogmeteosuisse : https://t.co/60d8bi5GUy #MétéoSuisse #climat pic.twitter.com/Vot8uUHc51
— MétéoSuisse (@meteosuisse) August 30, 2021

Lack of rainfall in August

MétéoSuisse note encore qu’après les deux mois d’été très humides de juin et juillet, des précipitations inférieures à la moyenne ont été enregistrées dans la plupart des régions de Suisse en août
Météo – Un mois d’août plus frais mais avec moins de pluie – 20 minutes

Years ago I used to use weather apps to see when it would rain and I would even do things extra early to avoid being caught by the rain. Now I use weather apps for the opposite. Now I even consider driving to somewhere where I could be caught by the rain. I am bored of never seeing rain. I like rain. I like the sound. I like the smell, I like that it cleans everything. I also like that being indoors when it’s raining feels cosy.

Rain would also break the monotony of being able to go for a walk every single day without questioning whether the weather the weather is good enough. The weather is always good enough. The weather is so good that rivers are running dry. The climate has changed.

For several weeks I did not touch YouTube and as I have time to spend time there again I found that I am repulsed and don’t want to use the service anymore. Between the sensationalist content that is pushed on us, the non stop adverts and a general feeling of malaise the site is one I think I should now avoid. Its golden age is over, and now it’s time for it to become Yahoo or flickr.