5-25-25 VERMONT: We came up on Wednesday for the first big weekend of the summer. Thursday, Friday and Saturday we had rain and cold. Today, Sunday, it stopped raining, but is still in the fifties. Nevertheless trees are leafing out, and the gardens are in bloom. The upper pond dam has been repaired, and the waterfall is flowing.
The robin family is in residence on top of the lantern between the two houses. It’s a good location under the eaves, out of the rain and most of the wind, and they aren’t to upset about us in the house. We saw a female merganser on the pond Thursday, and Lily says she saw ducks and a heron on the pond today.
Danna and Lily came up on Thursday night and Alison came up Friday morning. Friday night we went to Casa Brava Tapas and Saturday night we went to Cloudland Farm, which was packed but we had a table by the fireplace. Tonight we’re going to the Baited Hook on Lake Mascoma. Danna’s birthday was a few days ago so the girls baked a chocolate cake, and this morning we celebrated with sparklers and candles on top.
Saturday morning we all went to Brown’s Nursery where Alison bought a couple tons of perennials for Sea Cliff, while I bought three plants. Judy saw peach trees there and now wants to plant them here—I’m not sure where they could go but am working on it. We went to the Norwich Farmers Market before Brown’s.
New blooms: lilac, Mohican viburnum, forget-me-not, violet, geranium, alkanet, epimedium, azalea, Japanese primrose, bane berry, bleeding heart, Virginia bluebell, trillium, ajuga, lamium, honey suckle, burning bush, Lily-of-the-valley, apple, tiarella, creeping Veronica, strawberry, saucer magnolia, dandelion, pulmonaria, spurge, sweet woodruff, Jack-in-the-pulpit, ginger, white star, water avens, bunchberry, marsh marigold.
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