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Life & Events > End of Summer
 

End of Summer

I think I've used this title before, but at that time I was a little bit wistful that summer had to end. The leaves are changing color and the days are shorter, but the days are as hot as summer. Now, as summer lingers on, I wish it'd move on out and let fall have some face time.



Our daily highs are close to 80 degrees, ten degrees above normal, and there has been no rain in two months so the fire danger is extremely high. We had one nippy night that withered my tomato and zucchini vines, so no more growing. I ripped them all out today.



Maybe with the delayed frost this will be a better year for the aspen leaves.

Here are my potatoes that I am letting stay in the ground as long as possible, and the zinnia I planted from seed finally bloomed. If I ever decide to do zinnias again, I'm buying them from the nursery already half-grown.



All the hummingbirds have finally left. There was one here the day before yesterday, and now none at all. It's very quiet around here without them.



This is the last, the very last columbine. All the others finished blooming weeks ago, but this one hung in there.



Good-bye summer. Bu-bye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. See you next year, summer. Bu-bye, now. It's been fun. Toodle-oo.

posted on Sept 16, 2010 5:17 PM ()

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Your thoughts are so wistful ... The bird will be back. Let's hope for a manageable winter season. Beautiful photos ... the colors are super.
comment by tealstar on Sept 17, 2010 2:02 PM ()
One good thing about this stable warm weather is the golden aspen leaves have a better chance of staying pretty longer.
reply by troutbend on Sept 19, 2010 7:33 PM ()
Nice, but sad in a way.I don't look forward to any winters. You probably worry about your spread in the mountains when you are over in LV. I would. But I'm a worry-wart.
comment by jondude on Sept 17, 2010 5:51 AM ()
I know what you mean, it's not good to wish for cold weather, but I'm tired of this heat and the fire danger. When we're in Las Vegas we worry about things here, and when we're here we worry about what's going on there.
reply by troutbend on Sept 17, 2010 10:20 AM ()
When do you go to Vegas?
comment by kristilyn3 on Sept 16, 2010 5:52 PM ()
The end of October.
reply by troutbend on Sept 16, 2010 5:59 PM ()

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