Summer Begins.

6-19-16 VERMONT: It was beautiful yesterday when we arrived and today is even better—the summer day we all imagine, sunny, hot, dry, with a little breeze. We both took pix, and I’m posting some of Judy’s as well as mine. Things do look dry, and I ran the veggie soaker overnight. The established perennials all look fine. The pond is down an inch.

The pasture has vetch, red clover, buttercups, white clover, bedstraw, Indian paintbrush, wild iris, daisy, flea bane and more.

New blooms: peony, bearded iris, stone crop sedum, lady’s mantle, sweet william, baptisia.


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Rodgersia.

Bearded Iris with columbine.

Peonies.

Phoebe? Swallow? Anyone?

Bright sun and no wind.

Rocking chair day.

There are eight flowers here, four are hard to see.