More Stone Work.

6-30-08 VERMONT: A beautiful day today after another 0.2 inches of rain last night. I rebuilt the bottom step under the apple tree, replacing two small steps with one large one. I took some large rocks from the pasture, cannibalizing an old wall to do the job. Every rock I lifted up had an old snake skin under it. One had a tiny live milk snake, no more than six inches long.

New blooms: first orange day lily, first hydranga—it must be summer.

Peony hiding among beebalm leaves.