Busy Days.

6-19-11 VERMONT: Yesterday we had more hail, this was marble-sized, bigger than the pea-sized from a few days ago. Today was a high pressure, clear blue sky, cool day with a nice breeze. Tonight is jacket or sweater cool. The rain has dumped another 0.2 inches on us.

Neighbor Melissa dropped off a perennial foxglove yesterday which went into one of the holes in the gardens. She declined a columbine or bleeding heart in return. Yesterday, otherwise was more W & P, catching up with invaders and runaways.

The day before yesterday I worked on the downed maple cutting and pulling one section of roots using chainsaw, sabersaw, shovel, pick and bar.

Today I took down two small trees that had grown near and encroached on the dawn redwood. One was an apple, and I saved some firewood. Before that I weeded the terrace and old stone steps.

New blooms: [forgot to mention last post—clover, vetch, cinquefoil, yarrow] peony, knapweed.


I was up early the other morning and caught this sunrise over Mt. Moosilauke.

Pink Knapweed, Centaurea dealbata 'Rosea'. Looks like its relative, Bachelor Button.

Evening Grossbeak. The grossbeak part of the name makes sense.