JUNE 2021 IN PICTURES

Ah, the start of summer, I remember it well. Only four short months ago and all was anticipation. Everything smelled new, green, vital. I was listening to Seals & Crofts’ “Summer Breeze,” “Summer Rain” by Johnny Rivers, “Nightswimming” by REM, ‘Wagon Wheel’ by Darius Rucker, and one of my long-time favourites, “Summertime’s Calling Me,” by The Catalinas while I drove with the windows down, singing along.

Of course, in June there’s a lot of garden work to be done — and thus a sometimes sore back — especially if you procrastinated in the fall and then again in April and May. In that respect, I’m happy to be looking backward at June from a vantage point well beyond harvest time. All that remains to do now is a bit of weeding and the planting of garlic in a couple of weeks.

Walks and Sights in … New Hampshire

In June I made a couple of trips each to Low Plain and Kezar Lake, and one trip to four other spots, plus frequent walks in town.

LOW PLAIN (NEW LONDON)

KEZAR LAKE (SUTTON)

OTHER NH TRAIL & TOWN WALKS

*Corydalis sempervirens* (rock harlequin)

Walks and Sights in … Maine

At LAUDHOLM FARM

Food

(All food & drink enjoyed at restaurants was eaten outside on a porch, deck, or patio — or in a beer garden!)

beer and list at Polyculture Brewing beer garden

Zoom

Besides my weekly groups, I attended a few webinars, including one from Longwood Gardens about their conservatory (history and current renovations), a NH Audubon presentation by Heather Holm on native predatory wasps and another from NH Audubon on native bees, with Michael Veit.

House & Garden

CAT

He has trouble relaxing.

HOUSE

Well, turns out most of the inside stuff was the cat. But I finished a puzzle of the Sonoran desert. It barely fit on the card table. (I also read nine books.)