August has been more fall like than summer like for the most part with some hot and humid days scattered between, but nothing like July and not nearly as wet. Days are warm and dry and nights cool and crisp. Vegetables are finally growing properly and we hope we will have a harvest from all varieties of plants by the time all is said and done.
One things I noticed is that hydrangea everywhere is much lusher than normal...just coincidence or due to climate change, I do not know. The blossoms are over sized. We have also had a good crop of fruits this year, especially blueberries and blackberries and the bears have been eating well. Lindley has seen a mother bear with cubs twice. The beavers also have a brood and the little ones are finally big enough to come out of the lodge and eat on their own. They are so tiny, but they are feisty and already know how to use their tails to slap warnings when scared.
It seems like just yesterday that we were saying goodbye to the colder weather and winter...now we must start gathering wood again for the winter months ahead!
In the meantime many parts of the country have either been suffering from extreme rain events and flash flooding or wildfires, but still not too much attention paid to climate change information in the mainstream news.

Into August

I only posted once in July. We had some very hot days in July after much rain then the temperatures began to moderate as did some of the rains. The beaver tries to stuff up the new culvert every evening, but so far no overflows. We did have  a sink hole that developed in the wetlands crossing and Lindley fixed that up and I finished it up.
August is now being August with black and blueberries ripening, black eyed Susans dotting the landscape...sounds merging into cricket sounds from the trilling of the tree frogs. Fish are getting bigger and animals that like to feed on the fish are coming more frequently to the ponds.
Lindley found bear scat in the back. They are also feeding up while their is plenty.
Lots of Japanese beetles this year.
Other wild life sightings recently:
scarlet tanagers
cedar waxwings
Northern strike
pine warblers
kingfishers
swallows
chipping sparrows
pickerel frog
worm snake (front garden)
lots of dragonflies