Dec
6
2015
We had a visit by a doe last summer. We spotted her from our kitchen window. I had never seen one in our backyard. Maybe she was attracted by the fruit of the mulberry tree. Several times we spotted the doe around the tract of woods adjacent to our property so I can only surmise it was living there. It was very unusual to see a deer so close to our house. And we saw the doe several times around that tract of land the last few months.
May
14
2015
In the week I was gone the two tomato plants grew quickly. There were quite a few little green tomatoes while a week ago there was almost none. My wife had splurged and bought quite a few plants while I was on vacation–many still in their original containers and needed to be planted. She bought two beautiful budding fuchsia plants one of which I hung from the white pine tree in view from our large living room window. Every year we put one up there and the plant does well there as long as we keep it watered.
The weather finally became seasonal–sixties and seventies. I thought we went straight from winter into summer for a short time. At least it seemed that way. Today I was thrilled I noticed a flower that had little white snow bells. My wife said it was a perennial. The grass was also cut when I got home. All these things happened in the week I was gone.
May
11
2015
Spring went straight into summer. I was gone a week. I know summer still has five weeks to go but that is the way it seemed. The big lilac bush bloomed while I was gone. There was new growth all over the place. All this in a week. I noticed the two patio tomato plants grew quite a bit. I still have not carefully inspected the garden. I am sure there are other changes. It has become the time of year I just wear tee shirts and shorts. Pretty soon I will be putting back the air conditioner in the bedroom. We discarded the thick blanket and the fan ran all night.
Apr
23
2015
The winter does not want to go away. It was actually “flaking” for a few seconds. The next two nights will be below freezing and she has to take in her two spider plants she placed by our fence. They won’t tolerate the cold. In fact, it might kill both plants. I know what will happen. All of a sudden the weather will become hot. The winter will go straight into summer. And skip spring.
Mar
28
2015
Isn’t winter going away? Besides it being chilly, there was an inch of snow that fell overnight. I know what is going to happen. At some point, we will skip spring and go straight into summer. Weather is so unpredictable!
Oct
15
2014
It was a brief respite from the Autumn cold. I thought I had put my shorts away for the season but today it was muggy and abnormally warm. I discarded my shirt and put on a pair of my tee shirts on along with a pair of shorts. We are getting a last burst of summer. I will enjoy the weather fully aware the cold is coming back and I have to be prepared with warmer clothing.
Sep
14
2014
It was as if someone hit a switch: summer was over and fall came. Summer has only a few days left officially. The warmer temperatures were gone and fall arrived. For that matter, August was not that warm. Now we can watch the fiery display of the leaves turning as we do each autumn.
Nov
13
2013
I did not want anyone to run over the flower. It was one “freak” black-eyed susan that came up in September and the petals wilted for it became too cold. Usually they bloom late summer. I moved the garbage cans I brought out so it would not get trampled in the morning when the men came to empty the trash into their truck. I liked looking at it. You really do not know one hundred per cent what to expect from nature–this time one flower.
Nov
12
2013
I spotted my first slate-colored junco in the yard two days ago. I guess winter and snow is on its way. The bird’s flittering back white wings was unmistakable. It vanished into the undergrowth of the gigantic bush. I saw my second one today. Last night we got a smattering of snow. I have a friend who calls them “snow” birds so, maybe, the sighting was no accident. They are often found in flocks so as we get more snow I may see more. I never see them in the summer. It is a mystery to me where they go then.
Nov
8
2013
I just wanted to be in. I dashed out for a quick errand and noted the temperature outside was forty degrees according to my car thermometer. The clouds were stormy and dark–snow clouds. I guess the cold weather is here for good. All I want to do is hibernate and only go out when it is necessary. Next spring and summer seems an eternity away.
Oct
19
2013
The black-eyed susan is not going to make it. There was a “freak” blossom but it became too cold and the bloom wilted before the flower unfurled. Black-eyed susans usually bloom in the height of summer. I was watching this particular flower really carefully. It is four weeks into the Fall. Indian summer has passed. It is just too late in in the season. The flower tried. I felt bad for it.
Oct
11
2013
Indian summer is over. Within the last week, we ended a week of weather whereby it hit eighty each day. Now sometimes the high temperature of the day falls below sixty degrees. Now it is wet and cold. I am no longer wearing tee shirts and shorts. I have to pack them away. The summer is over for good at least until next year.
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