Partly sunny and warm with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cool overnight with calm winds, clearing off with predawn valley fog. The high temperature was around seventy four degrees, and the low around fifty five 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 running at fall levels and the nearby trout stream is flowing at late-summer levels.
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