Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The Harvest Begins.

7-19-17 VERMONT: Today has been dry, so far, and yesterday was good except for a brief shower with less than 0.1 inch of precip. Val and Steve left early yesterday on their way to Boston to visit Maggie.

Yesterday I did a bunch of weeding, and today I replaced three fence rails. The dratted rails are as fragile as potato chips. Tired of paying for them, I just find a small sapling near the broken rail, cut it down and trim it to fit.

Judy saw the Indigo Bunting on her walk around the pasture with the dogs today. That is the first sighting since the big storm. I went to that spot with the camera after the fence mending, but didn’t see him.

Yesterday I picked two quarts of blueberries and one quart of tomatoes, that made it into the house, and re-filled the hummingbird feeders.

New blooms: Queen Anne’s lace, Shasta daisy.


Another glorious hybrid daylily.

Queen Anne's Lace with a drop of Anne Boleyn's blood in the center.

Song sparrow doesn't come to the feeder, and you can see why.

Pearl Crescent was the only butterfly to hold still long enough for a portrait today.

Shasta daisy.

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