Supposed to be another stinky hot day. It is lovely out there now but by 1:30 I will be moving around the garden with the shade . It is the only way I can continue to get any work done . Looking forward to tomorrow when it is supposed to cool down to a liveable temperature and I can work where I need or want to work.
I did NOT enjoy this summer .....and I am so looking forward to a lovely temperate fall. We get little to no change in color of the trees here . Trees are green and then they are dead and leaves are on the ground so not much to look at in that respect . Farmers fields are turning a poopy yellow color as most grow only corn and soybeans around here ......so we go from green to icky yellow to grey as the weather progresses thru the fall .
Oh how I miss the fall where I grew up in the Laurentians ! The glorious red and orange colors of the hard maples mixed with the green of the evergreens and the muted yellows of the softwood trees.The cool breezes , the smell of the air! There is nothing like it ! Char I will definitely envy you your location over the next 2 months . Here we get the stink and noise of tractors all day and well into the night disturbing what was supposed to be a nice quiet country living and dont get me started on the back up "beep, beep, beep" of the equipment that seems to be almost constant around here and the sound that travels almost a mile from a cow farm across several fields.
On the upside I am still getting the odd daylily blooming and this morning looking outside I see the very first bloom on a Cosmos that appeared in my garden ! Have no clue where it came from . It appeared midway thru the summer and I have been watching it grow and this morning it rewarded me with a pretty white and pink bloom on a plant almost 3 feet tall with dozens more blooms to come . The only hostas still blooming worth looking at are the Lancifolia . My piggies are enjoying the harvesting of the leaves from the daylilies and of course the weeds . What they choose not to eat they move around into piles and sleep in them .
Waiting on the daylily Alberene to put out its maiden bloom this season . Not sure why it has taken this long to show up but I will take what I can get .
obviously I started this post this morning ........been so busy not able to post till now !
