Heat and drought have turned my yard and gardens into an eerie place

The calendar says late July but it looks more like early October. The dead brown lawn is littered with leaves fallen from the trees. All the perrenial flowers have died, my herb garden is barely alive and the vegetables look like they've already given everything they've got to give. Normaly this is the time of year I love to sit out back and soak in the beauty of Summer.
This year sitting out back is depressing.