First week in June and things are going strong. Yesterday was a day of extreme rain and thunder around here so the mosquitoes are about this morning and roaming gangs. All that rain and a bit of heat today though has really spurred plants into growth. The vegetables are sootting up – first lettuces will be eaten shortly, peppers and jalapenos are setting, the sour cherry tree is laden with small fruits (won’t the birds be pleased) and it also looks like a bumper crop of black-currants to come.
Not a bumblebee, as first thought, but (thank Chris) a Syrphis fly mimicking a bee.
The gallery – click thumbnails to enlarge
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- Dogwood flower
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- Ants on dogwood florets
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- Sour cherries
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- Acer leaves
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- Wild violet near the waterfall
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- Anemone canadensis
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- The stumpery cat
