8-3-25 VERMONT: Summer always seems to zoom by while winter lasts forever, and it’s cold. Alison and Dan were here for a few days, and Val and Steve are due in a few days from now. Tonight we go to the Loch Lyme Inn for dinner and to hear neighbor Steve’s band play. We are going with Shari and Dave.
We went to Casa Brava Tapas restaurant with A & D, who were pleased as were we. I finished a temporary wheel for Judy’s pumpkin cart. Judy successfully bid on an old, small table at Smith’s Auction, and it has found a new home here.
The weather is not as hot anymore, but we have had very little rain, and the grass is starting to go brown in spots. The lower pond is down a few inches, but the upper pond is down more than a foot.
Chippers, the tree people, were here during the week and took down the last of the three white pines that bordered the road. it was about 120-130 feet tall and had started rotting in the center. If it had fallen toward the house, it would have been a disaster. They spent less than a day cutting it down in small pieces, any of which probably weighed a ton. There was very little damage to the shrubs growing at its base.
Hummingbirds are very active, they love the bee balm and the feeders, which I am refilling almost weekly. They are very territorial, but for the first time ever there were two on a feeder at the same time. They spend more time chasing each other away from the flowers as they do using them.
We have red squirrels here, less, I think, than in prior years. Generally the bigger grey squirrels are driving them out of their habitat. I caught one enjoying the blueberries, but I’m OK sharing.
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