Summer?

     This has been a very atypical summer.  We have required very little use of the A/C but umbrellas and rain jackets have been a standard part of most day’s attire.  By now, usually, the fields are brown, the trees showing the stress of lack of water, the garden and deck pots requiring daily watering.  Not so this year.  The fields and woods are verdant, the flowers vivid.

The garden has been less productive this year, too much rain, too cool temperatures. The fall type crops, beans , peppers and coles are thriving. There won’t be many tomatoes for sauce and chili this winter. We will have to vary our winter fare to accommodate this failure. We had a couple of weeks of cucumbers and pickles were made, berries were plentiful and jam was put up, but not a single winter squash or pumpkin survived. A trip to Meadows of Dan is in order in the fall to stock up on them.
Today it is actually chilly. Sitting on the porch requires socks and a sweater to enjoy my coffee and the views. This pattern is to continue through the weekend. I am not complaining about this and neither is our power bill. At least today we have sun.shine