Waiting for Henri.

8-22-21 VERMONT: Summer is winding down, it’s still hot and muggy, we’ve still got flowers, the leaves are still on the trees, but it is now two months since the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox is a month away, and we have hit that part of the sun’s sine-wave shaped curve that is nearly vertical. The sun will drop out of the northern hemisphere heading south. The sun is now half way to the Equator and in 60 days will be that far on the other side of the Equator, 12° S Latitude.

Actually some leaves are turning and some have fallen. Our mini-drought ended with TS Fred dumping 0.6 inches of rain here a few days ago. Now we are waiting for Hurricane Henri to soak us again. He is in Connecticut and headed our way, but may veer east. We have no wind at the moment and the sun is out. 

I just filled a hummingbird feeder for the second time this week. They sucked down a pint of sugar water in three days. The apples are turning red, and there’s lots this year. Mosquitoes have become very annoying, they appeared about a week ago, and bug-spray is essential for spending time outdoors. 

We are all slowly recovering from Kaley’s death. Maizie is especially bereaved and hardly wags her tail at all. 

New blooms: pink turtlehead, fall anemone. 

Ligularia dentata is described as a 'foliage plant', which means that the important features are the large, round purplish leaves. I think these are pretty nice flowers.

TS Fred delivered rain and fog with very little wind.

Turtlehead in pink. A few weeks ago I posted this flower in white. In that spot, it grows with a lot more sunlight, probably why it's earlier.

Blanca, the new dog, seemed to like this spot for a while, but not any more. Did she and Teddy have a falling out?