I took this photo Christmas Eve. We got twice as much wet, heavy snow as forecast. The Burning Bush hedge was complter curved into a tunnul by the weght of the snow. This picture shows the neighbor’s Crab apple tree, looking like it’s wearing a lace veil.
This is the first raccoon I've actually seen on the patio proper, and in daylight.
I can remember when a high temperature in coastal Maine would be in the low nineties F, in August,
Today, when historically the temperature would be in the low 80s F (c. 26 C.), the temps were in the high 90s F with a ?real" temp in the hundreds.
The lavender Azaleas have hit their peak, survived buckets and barrels of rain, and are a downward slide. The pinks are budded and starting to fully bloom.
We have Forsythia blooming, and the first batch of AzaleasAzaeleas hit their peak, despite the rain. I've seen my first Ruby-throated hummingbird of the year.
