The dessication is nearly complete throughout the ecology and the seeds have been widely broadcast by the generosity of the wind.
A heavy mantle of heat is now strewn across the mountain and life but slumbers under the fierce Andalucián sun.
This is the time of greatest heat when rocks and bones crack and the weak let out their final breath.
Nature is winnowing and preparing for the return of the autumn rains when this vista will rise Lazarus like from the parched cinders of summer.
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Photo: Betis from Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.