Sultry Summer.

7-26-07 VERMONT: Yesterday I took down the littlest elm, which had clearly died, presumably from the attack of the killer moles who ate the roots. The adjacent elm still looks tired but will, hopefully, survive. I also pruned the honeysuckle, again, mowed grass by the north chimney, watered the veggies, watered the new plantings and I can’t remember what else.

The weather has been great. Warm with a nice breeze, the definition of sultry, but we’ll need rain in a few days.

We had a dinner party last night. Judy was on her game, every course was perfect, even the salmon that I managed not to burn. We had four couples: Hannons, Adlers, Hileys and Gundys, all classmates from long, long ago. The weather and bugs were so accommodating we stayed outside all evening. We got ten people around the picnic table with a couple extra chairs. There were a lot of empty wine bottles.

New Blooms: more phlox, lingularia, Joe Pye weed, milkweed, shasta daisy, monkshood, more sedum.


Asiatic Lily.

Daisy.