More Rain.

6-29-09 VERMONT: We came up yesterday. I emptied the rain gauge of 1.3 inches and emptied the boat of rain water. Almost immediately, the rain began and has continued since with a few short breaks. At the last break, I emptied the gauge again of another 1.5 inches. Now there’s dead calm and fog. In spite of everything looking soggy and droopy, the gardens are full of color.

In bloom: lilac, weigela, summer sweet, spirea, meadow rue, baptisia, iris, peony, geranium, centauria, jacobs ladder, columbine, rogersia, phlox, daisy, apricot day lily, forget-me-not, azalea, lamium, stephenandra, hosta, bleeding hearts, solomons seal, roses, celandine, lupin, ladys mantle, valerian, fever few, water lily, sage, first sedum, trascantia, yarrow, tomato.