The Weather Turns to Yuck.

6-24-10 VERMONT: The weather has gone from clear and beautiful to hot, muggy, hazy, humid, heavy and rainy. We have had 1.2 inches of precip and more falling. It reminds me of east Texas. We need to find some place to hide with AC. Judy wants to do the tour of Ben & Jerry’s factory with the boys. I suggested we take them to visit the Long Trail Brewery. The flowers don’t seem to mind the weather.

New blooms: summer azalea, campanula, day lily, summer sweet.


For Peony fans.

Day Lily might be my favorite, at least for today. This is the basic flower, appearing here for a month beginning at the end of June. There must be hundreds, if not thousands, of new varieties. Some of them start early, some late. The colors vary from red and purple to white and pale yellow, some have mixed colors. The petals may be thin and spidery or fat and rounded or frilled or fringed. Many choices.