Today the rain stopped until an afternoon shower showed up. Tonight there are frost warnings for northern Vermont! In August! I’m aghast. I had thought that the late bloomers were opening before their usual start dates, perhaps they’re anticipating an early fall.
This morning we went to a country auction in Groton, VT. Judy bought an old child’s block puzzle, and we drove home through Newbury, VT, a pretty town on the Connecticut River.
The tomato crop is much smaller than usual and many of the vines have died, perhaps from that blight that’s going around or from the cold, wet weather. The tomatoes we are getting are as good as ever. The corn, late as it is, is finally ready for eating and is fine.
New blooms: turtle head, bottle gentian.
Sun Flower.
Judy says that "Old Glory", with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, was the flag after Vermont [and Kentucky] became states in 1791.
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you are incorrect about what judy has said about "old glory."Act of January 13, 1794 - provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
how could a flag of 15 and 15 fly before the 14th and 15th states entered the union.
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