9-1-20 VERMONT: The last week here has been cold. Daytime highs barely reaching the seventies, and over night lows below fifty. We have had fires almost every night. The cool nights have left the grass soaked with dew in the mornings. Treetops are starting to turn, birds are gathering in bunches, and it doesn’t feel like summer any more.
We had a nice rainy day courtesy of TS Laura and got about 0.75 inches with some aerial electricity. There were a few other showers without much accumulation.
Val and Steve were here for a day on Sunday on their way to Maine to see Steve’s mom and fam. They plan to see Maggie in Boston on the way home. Yesterday Alison came up for the week and Anna, Gardner and Lily come up for the holiday weekend. We will head back to NJ sometime after the weekend.
The bear has been seen around the neighborhood again, so the bird feeders remain empty and the garage gets closed at night. The great blue heron has been back to the pond a couple times.
Brady the horse has been wearing an overcoat on the cold and rainy nights. A few days ago the dogs were all barking away when they were first let out in the morning. They didn’t recognize Brady in disguise and had to sneak up to him to do a sniff-test ID.
This little bottle-brush of a caterpillar is a Milkweed Tussock Moth. Like the Monarch butterfly, they feed on milkweed and accumulate cardiac glycosides from the plant, which make them toxic for birds. They will over-winter in a cocoon and appear in the spring as adults. This is the same milkweed plant that I showed last week with Monarch caterpillars.
The dogs had me up early the other morning, and I caught this sunrise.
Asters--crossword puzzle answer to 'fall bloomer'.
Jonny Jump Up, a pansy/violet, has been blooming all summer.
Black-eyed Susan with a Daddy-Long-Legs.
Echinacea is an August favorite.
We had a nice rainy day courtesy of TS Laura and got about 0.75 inches with some aerial electricity. There were a few other showers without much accumulation.
Val and Steve were here for a day on Sunday on their way to Maine to see Steve’s mom and fam. They plan to see Maggie in Boston on the way home. Yesterday Alison came up for the week and Anna, Gardner and Lily come up for the holiday weekend. We will head back to NJ sometime after the weekend.
The bear has been seen around the neighborhood again, so the bird feeders remain empty and the garage gets closed at night. The great blue heron has been back to the pond a couple times.
Brady the horse has been wearing an overcoat on the cold and rainy nights. A few days ago the dogs were all barking away when they were first let out in the morning. They didn’t recognize Brady in disguise and had to sneak up to him to do a sniff-test ID.
This little bottle-brush of a caterpillar is a Milkweed Tussock Moth. Like the Monarch butterfly, they feed on milkweed and accumulate cardiac glycosides from the plant, which make them toxic for birds. They will over-winter in a cocoon and appear in the spring as adults. This is the same milkweed plant that I showed last week with Monarch caterpillars.
The dogs had me up early the other morning, and I caught this sunrise.
Asters--crossword puzzle answer to 'fall bloomer'.
Jonny Jump Up, a pansy/violet, has been blooming all summer.
Black-eyed Susan with a Daddy-Long-Legs.
Echinacea is an August favorite.
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