We had a few days of rain just before we left on vacation. So everything that had managed to survive the very dry summer took off while we were gone. Below are a few things I saw on my Second Look when we returned.
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| The rain brought a fresh crop of mushrooms around the yard. |
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| The moss rose was in full bloom. This entire box is filled with volunteers from last year. |
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| The yellow mums are budding. |
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| A lone dianthus has rebloomed. |
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| Anemones |
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| Vinca by Ward's shop. Ward chooses flowers each year for the big urn that his father made, which sits in front of his shop. |
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| Beauty berries are in full color. I was excited on one of our vacation hikes when I saw one of these bushes in the wild. |
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| I've picked up five bags of dropped apples since we returned. And there are plenty more where these came from. |
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| I harvested the rest of the carrots. Where I thinned them as I should, they got quite large. Not so much where I didn't. I'm going to try to be better about thinning next year. |
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| From two large growing bags, I got two potatoes. (Apple for scale.) However, that is two more than when grubs ate them all last year. |
We're traveling to West Virginia this weekend to attend services for my aunt, who passed away while we were gone. Time to go pack my suitcase again.
Until next time...
