July in NJ.

7-23-18 SHORT HILLS: We have been back here since Saturday. The yard looked very dry when we arrived, and I turned on the sprinklers to test the system. Three sprinkler heads were not working. One needed replacing, I rebuilt it with spare parts, one was clogged, and the other just needed a branch removed from the mechanism.

 Almost immediately it began to rain. We got 1.6 inches that night and another 0.4 inches subsequently. It is hot and humid, and doesn’t cool off much at night. The AC is running.

 I weeded and pruned yesterday and today and have taken two carloads to the dump and have another load for tomorrow. Yesterday we had dinner with Lynn and Bill and tomorrow we eat with Bebe and Ronnie. Back to VT on Wednesday.

 In bloom: rose-of-Sharon, rose, hydrangea.


Two flavors of Rose-of-Sharon.