The Netherlands (and a lot of Europe) is in the middle of a drought. Hopefully we get some rain soon!
Historic drought: rivers reveal hunger stones, warships and mammoth remains from euronews.com
Drought, irrigation bans impact Dutch football; Amateur clubs can’t train on dry fields from nltimes.nl
Video: Zeppelin heading to Utrecht cuts flight short over heat in cockpit also from nltimes.nl (the zeppelin took off from Germany to measure air pollution in the Netherlands last week, but had to cut its flight short due to overheating equipment)
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe from theguardian.com
In other news, here is a picture of a butterfly bush (unfortunately without any nearby butterflies), also known as Buddleja davidii.
Life in the Hague 