Siggy's Blurbs: Siggy's Edge of Country …

September 7, 2016, 12:32 p.m. (Facebook):

Summer is fading quickly: black eyed susans now are frayed and tattered. I enjoyed looking at them for a long time. Today I counted twelve morning glories–a new record. There were four different kinds–one light purple and a deeper purple and two white ones–one completely white and another white with narrow pale pink bars radiating from the center. A few hours after I viewed them they were closed. Their flowers, as far as I can tell, bloom only once. I put out new nectar today for the hummingbirds fully aware sometime soon they will stop coming and take their long journey to warmer climes. I always wonder if the one I see today will be the last one of the season. I am waiting for the flocks of small blackbirds that come through our area twice a year–in spring and fall. Our weather is always characterized by change. Nothing stays the same way forever,

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