The drought

the summer of 2018 - the bedst summe some have said

but I do not think so, actually a very worrying summer and as the headline of this Danish article says: 2018 - The most drought-stricken year in Denmark in 99 years, which cannot be described in positive terms if you ask me.

2018 - Det mest tørkeramte år i Danmark i 99 år https://www.dmi.dk/nyheder/2018-nyeste/2018-det-mest-torkeramte-ar-i-danmark-i-99-ar/?fbclid=IwAR30aAO4f0C-_8x0SpQMjK51G-WU2jXHbJZMv4_JAndYefibkOsZic9UJQ8

Next headline - The 2018 drought clearly surpasses all previous drought years

Tørken 2018 overgår klart alle tidligere tørkeår https://www.landbrugsinfo.dk/public/6/6/7/vanding_draning_torken_2018?fbclid=IwAR3Jp_OeMEjA-I5L5ZxlMKdKfaHadS1IgkcIxTJyXDE9LXMrbQX0BDMAWTE

Earlier in this summer, I actually did noticed that everything was not its usual green and juicy state, when other-wise very hardy local wild species began to hang a lot (as houseplants you forgot to water) and even wither, and not least out of season.

I even began to find dead birds, more than the normal number, or expected number - saying something out of the ordinary, well what I was thinking at the time. But maybe just the way I think and when otherwise hardy wild species get in trouble, I get very worried - only this time I do not think I was the only one.

The grass was more or less gone and the trees began to lose their leaves, as if it were autumn -  next headline says: The drought has put the trees on alert

Tørken har sat træerne i alarmberedskab https://ign.ku.dk/nyheder/2018/toerken-har-sat-traeerne-i-alarmberedskab/?fbclid=IwAR10zwyUofdsLwQZgXFjowe_7BYAS-45gecc7nrtsOanbF_P2rSG4v2Sq8A

And one more headline from this summer: Nature guide: That's why trees shed their leaves as if it were autumn

Naturvejleder: Derfor smider træer bladene, som om det var efterår https://www.tv2ostjylland.dk/ostjylland/naturvejleder-derfor-smider-traeer-bladene-som-om-det-var-efterar?fbclid=IwAR0bq11eANd89SuZXX9Wbbhe-l3o_f9pK0IdxipOAYSdClsQiojhimX2jFw

"survival strategy"

Survival strategy as such is not a positively charged word, it is about a need when in distress - a contingency plan only and not a picture of an extremely good summer. In retrospect, in my view - 2018 drought, 2020 pandemic and 2022 Ukraine, the future just seems more bleak, than it ever did.