"June Is Bustin' Out All Over"

6-3-26 SHORT HILLS: June is one of my favorite months. It has the longest day, Juneteenth, and it’s Pride month. Judy was at Covenant House today with Blanca, and they have displays celebrating both Juneteenth and Pride. 

It’s a gorgeous day, warm and sunny. I’m already starting to worry about drought, there’s not a cloud east of the Mississippi. I finished cleaning the pool cover and re-potted the veggies and herbs, fertilized the house plants and the veggies.

We still have grackles around, and they’re draining the feeders every time I fill them. It seems to me that they should be off to Canada for breeding season by now. 

We have dinner with Lynn and Bill tomorrow, doctor visits, and at the end of next week—Vermont for the summer!

New blooms: white clover, chives, southern magnolia, hydrangea.  

Chives. A volunteer, blooms at the same time as its cousin allium all over town.

Southern Magnolia, our last magnolia to bloom. It will put out a flower almost daily for a month. The flowers is only open for one day, turns brown, and leaves the center cone to make red seeds.

White clover growing in the lawn. Being a legume, clover takes nitrogen from the air for itself, called 'fixing', and also leaves nitrogen in the soil, hence 'Where clover grows grass will follow.'

Rose made to to the window sill. The vases were made by Alison and Dan for the wedding.

Judy caught a deer on one of her walks.

Blanca helping celebrate Pride Month at Covenant House.

I was scolded for not posting any wedding pix, so here's Lily and Danna.