Monday, July 10, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Canoe Report.
7-9-06 VERMONT: Yesterday and today we canoed. Today on Fairlee wtih all the skiers and fisherfolk. The launch site was packed with cars, trucks and trailers. Yesterday we went to Miller Pond on Miller Pond Rd and had the place almost to ourselves. The water is as clear as....hmmm water. Fairlee is pretty clear also. Yesterday we saw a loon near the canoe and watched him make several dives. When I first spotted it out of the corner of my eye, I thought of a seal or otter for a second. Loons are big birds. Got a couple decent pix of red-winged black birds.
Add in a bit more yard work and several gorgeous days.
New blooms: lambs ears, coral bells [I’m a few days late on these two], hollyhocks, and mallow.
Add in a bit more yard work and several gorgeous days.
New blooms: lambs ears, coral bells [I’m a few days late on these two], hollyhocks, and mallow.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Chop, Cut, Saw and Hack
7-5-06 VERMONT: No rain for three days, but things are still soggy. A few more dry days and we’ll be on drought restrictions. On the third I burnt the big brush pile behind the pond. I started at about 10 am and by 11 pm the pile was down to the size of a small fireplace fire. The pile was about five years accumulation of prunings and winter fall including a huge section of the big pine behind the pond. Its trunk was the last to go.
The fourth was the Adler’s party which has become a tradition. I only did a few odds and ends during the day.
Today I did more pruning and weeding primarily in the terrace beds and the honeysuckle, but enough to fill the cart.
New blooms: delphinium, summer azalea, hydrangea, monardna, orange day lily, fox glove, filipendula, rhodo.
7-6-06 VERMONT: Another pretty day, we had both cars serviced, Scott and Cedar have been here for a few days doing deck repair. I started pruning the front screen which was overgrown and filled with weed trees and dead lilacs shoots. I took two cart loads of brush to start a new burn pile on the ashes of the old one. Too tired to make a decent phoenix pun. It will take at least another days work, maybe two to clear it all out.
The fourth was the Adler’s party which has become a tradition. I only did a few odds and ends during the day.
Today I did more pruning and weeding primarily in the terrace beds and the honeysuckle, but enough to fill the cart.
New blooms: delphinium, summer azalea, hydrangea, monardna, orange day lily, fox glove, filipendula, rhodo.
7-6-06 VERMONT: Another pretty day, we had both cars serviced, Scott and Cedar have been here for a few days doing deck repair. I started pruning the front screen which was overgrown and filled with weed trees and dead lilacs shoots. I took two cart loads of brush to start a new burn pile on the ashes of the old one. Too tired to make a decent phoenix pun. It will take at least another days work, maybe two to clear it all out.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Noah News
7-2-06 VERMONT: We have been here for several days with no posting, I apologize to my reader. The big news is the rain. Every day we get more. The wet parts of the yard are awash. If you step in there, your foot sinks to the ankle and your shoe stays behind when you step out. Slugs are everywhere. The rain gauge numbers: on arrival 4.8”, then 0.85”, another 0.85”, 0.1”, and 0.2” for a total of 6.8” since mid June. Add to that 11.85” from late April to mid June for a total of 18.65” in 10 weeks. This total is almost half the yearly average. Don’t look now, but it is raining again.
Between rain drops, I have been weeding and pruning and swatting flies and mosquitos. Something ate all the sunflower seedlings. I will plant more, they’re cheap. The horses arrive today which event causes canine consternation.
The girls have all started camp, and their moms and dads are gone ending our first wave of summer guests.
New blooms: phlox, daylily, meadow rue, yarrow, baptisia, peony, dianthus, rogersia, recumbent sedum, bluet, campanula, water lily, lamium, hosta, ladys mantle, trascantia, fever few, valerian, money plant, astilbe, daisy, spirea, weglia, stephenandra, summer sweet, roses and diablo.
Between rain drops, I have been weeding and pruning and swatting flies and mosquitos. Something ate all the sunflower seedlings. I will plant more, they’re cheap. The horses arrive today which event causes canine consternation.
The girls have all started camp, and their moms and dads are gone ending our first wave of summer guests.
New blooms: phlox, daylily, meadow rue, yarrow, baptisia, peony, dianthus, rogersia, recumbent sedum, bluet, campanula, water lily, lamium, hosta, ladys mantle, trascantia, fever few, valerian, money plant, astilbe, daisy, spirea, weglia, stephenandra, summer sweet, roses and diablo.
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