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Late August
A muggy, hot day with a few showers forecast for later. Since my last post the landscape, in spite of rain, has taken on a late August look. There is suddenly a brown tint to many leaves, even as dark green predominates, and a yellow hue is creeping across the marshes. The farmers’ markets are…
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Almost Mid-August
A day of on-and-off cloud with storms promised for later on. A couple of rare weak tornados touched down locally on the weekend and some of todays storms might turn tornadic as well. Its humid and warm, but not miserable, which is an improvement. Although we are well into August the landscape remains lush, so…
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Late Mid-Summer
A hot, humid late mid-summer day. After weeks of off and on rain, this week is forecast to be mostly dry. We had little rain last week, although rain had been forecast, so this week’s dry spell inevitably reminds of of the drought of recent years. A couple of weeks ago Jennie and I traveled…
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Flood
Today dawned soft and warm, sunlight shafting through the trees and across the field. The landscape is a spectrum of intense greens, punctuated by brilliant blooms. Wildlife abounds. We’ve been following the news from Vermont closely, as we have friends and family living there still. We’ve had abundant rain but western Massachusetts, parts of new…
