0.07" of rain last week. No moisture registers on my 6" garden soil moisture meter.  Weeds are brown and dry. Juniper and Piñon trees are stressed, showing some brown in them. Cold season grass is dormant. Plenty of deer in the area. They seem to prefer our sumac (which we water occasionally) to our grass for grazing.  Thick smoke here several days from fires near the Colorado-Utah border, near Ouray, various locations in Utah. Air quality was improved this week vs. the prior week, mostly due to the wind blowing the wildfire smoke in a different direction. Kept our windows closed most days, limited our outdoor time, made use of our heat pump to cool the house.