Mostly sunny and warm with increasing clouds and light winds, then mostly cloudy and warm overnight with light winds and rain. The high temperature was around seventy eight degrees, and the low around sixty five degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Achillea millefolium, Prunella vulgaris, St. Johnswort, Marshmallow, Soapwort, White Vervain, Horse Nettles and Wild Bergamot flowers are in full bloom. Red Raspberries are almost done ripening, Thimbleberries are beginning to ripen. Walnuts and apples are about 1 inch in diameter. All corn are around 84" tall, have silk and are beginning to tassel. A fourth cutting of hay is occurring. Cicadas are emerging. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at mid-summer levels.
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