Damping down Summer's spirits

Someone, or something, tipped over the recycling barrel last night. The top was still closed tight so there was no mess to pick up. The trash can, once it gets used, gets moved into the garage. That's inconvenient but less so than cleaning up the mess after a visit from the neighborhood bear. At least we continue to assume it's a bear and not raccoons. We doubt that a raccoon or two would have bent the hanger pole for the front of house bird feeder. That was the visit signature a week or so ago. Maybe it is time to consider adding a trail cam so we can see what, or who, is going on, if it's not too misty or foggy.

Summer: misty morning

Photo by J. Harrington

Early this morning the fields were full of mist, or, maybe it was ground fog. Windows stayed covered with condensation for most of the morning. We're not sure what left the "track" through the condensation shown below, but suspect it may have been a tree or gray frog. We're hopeful that today marks the peak of Summer's humidity and temperatures. Next week looks promising for getting some outdoor chores done, temperatures should be cooler and the dew point lower. All of which presumes we all make it safely through this afternoon's heat advisory and severe thunderstorm warnings.

whose track in the condensation covering the window?

Photo by J. Harrington

Those Summer Evenings

My father would, with a little squeak
and a shudder in the water pipes,
turn on the garden hose, and sprinkle
honeysuckle bushes clipped
to window height, so that later,
as we slept atop our rumpled sheets
with windows open to the scritch
of crickets, whatever breeze
might flirt its way between
our house and the neighbors’
would brush across the honeysuckle,
sweet and wet, and keep us cool.

– Ted Kooser, from Splitting an Order

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