Mid-August.

8-14-22 VERMONT: The summer is slipping away. In September we go back to NJ until October when we come back for the leaves. Gardner and Anna were here for a day, they were up in the area for a wedding. Lily and some law school friends arrive tomorrow for a few days. 

We had dinner with Dave and Gail at Elixir a few nights ago. Valerie and Fred, new neighbors, were here last week for an outside visit. We drove up to Hinesburg, near Lake Champlain, to see old friends, Ken and Jane in their new old house. The house and gardens will be great when they’re finished getting rehabbed. Judy got a pair of miniatures at Smith’s Auction a few weeks ago. 

Yesterday I repaired the steps on the back of the old mudroom. I also got some hollyhock seeds from Shari and Dave and started them in pots. 

The dog invisible fence was knocked out by the lightning strike a few weeks ago. It was repaired, but went out again a few days later, and was repaired again, but now it’s out again. Re-re-repair scheduled. 

New blooms: ligularia dentata, mint, Casablanca lily.

Casablanca lily, smells as good as it looks.

The other ligularia, L. dentata.

Stare-down from a hummingbird.

Hummingbird moth video.