It's late August and the nights are comfy but the days can still be muggy and hot (today might be high 30's C). It's also the time when sunrises are even more spectacular than usual due to cloud formations or particles in the air. Every morning is quiet awe.
Oh --- and we had record rainfall one day. Flooding like an early spring snow thaw. But somethings like the wet ---- red tomatoes, pink lilies.
A daytrip to the 'hood in Toronto, partly from cabin fever and partly from wanting to tidy up the place. Out front the greenery has really enjoyed the rainy days, some plants are 5 feet high. The Gardener and her assistant thinned, weeded, swept, and bagged a whole catalogue of urban plant life. Inside there was a pleasant surprise --- the common areas like laundry room and staircases had already been cleaned up, at a co$t, not by the tenants :( Then the ritual Chinese combo plate #6 at local diner The Goof. Followed by a walk on the boards --- the Beach at its best.
The pond is getting a lot of maintenance these days. The Gardener is sprucing up the water feature for visitors later this week (the lawn mower is running at the moment too!). And Mr. Waterfall is up to his knees in it, version 8.0. Needs a bit of nip and tuck but it might work this time!
Fall is in the air but many of the locals are staying. Chipmunks dig stash holes for sunflower seeds. The fox emerges from a flooded hideaway --- does he look any healthier? A stick bug makes a once-a-year appearance --- where does it winter? And the water snake cruises like it owns the place. Which it does; all the frogs and salamanders have been scared away or eaten.
Other creatures know that the sun is going south and they will too. Geese start off in ragged clumps but quickly line up in aerodynamic form for the long haul. Sunflowers stretch up and nod in the direction of their namesake. And Sol itself glides southward, like a surfer on the far horizon. Will any wild Canadian Snowbirds go south this winter?
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