Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!
The summer heat arrived just in time for Father's Day, and the summer flowers are loving it; they're expressing themselves with brilliant colors from all corners of the spectrum. I will let them speak for themselves.
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| Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) |
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| And the yellow variety (Hieracium caespitosum) |
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| Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Linda's Lobelia (not wild) |
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| Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) |
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| Daises and Lupines |
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| Oxeye Daisey (Leucanthemum vulgare) |
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| Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) |
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| Not wild, but pretty |
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| Sheep Laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) |
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| Lupine (Lupinus) |
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| With a customer |
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| Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) |
I'll mention one concern about the heat: the loons. The Bryant Island nest is completely exposed to the sun all day long, and with clear, hot days one after another the loons have had no relief for days on end. On top of that, with yesterday being the solstice, there's 15 and half hours of sun beating on them each day. The Harris Cove nest has a much better site with a good covering of bushes, but even they must be suffering. It will be a remarkable parenting effort if either pair can keep their eggs cool enough to be viable. We'll know in a couple more weeks.
Until then, dads, granddads, and everyone, know that we are thinking of you even if we can't be with you, and take the time to smell the flowers.
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