Drought

 This is the front "yard"  Think I took this picture in August.  Hasn't rained in months.  Our cat used to roll around in the grass.  Now she rolls around in dirt.

 This here is the backyard.  Looks like hay.  Feels like hay.  A few weeks ago, I swept all the dead leaves off the patio and covered most of the hay.  It rained one night and now we have tiny sprigs of green grass coming up through the leaves.  Maybe there's still hope.

This is our neighbor's crappy fence.  There never was any grass here.  As long as we've lived here, all we have are leaves and garbage in this corner.  ...And the junk I stacked around to prevent the dogs from finding a way out.  Can't imagine why any creature would want to go to the neighbor's yard anyway...