Partly sunny and hot with light winds and a morning thunderstorm, then cloudy and warm overnight with light winds and thunderstorms. The high temperature was around eighty two degrees, and the low around sixty seven degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. White Clover, Goldenrod, Prunella vulgaris, Japanese Knotweed, Soapwort, White Vervain, and Horse Nettle flowers are in full bloom. Some apples are ripening.  All corn have cobs from 6" to 12". Blackbirds are beginning to flock. The local intermittent stream is dried out and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels.