I don’t know about you, but I’m loving that chill in the air…sweater weather is on the way.
What can we say about the “Summer of ’26”? Hmmm. I don’t really want to start a new season of blogging being negative, but…was there really a summer? There were days and days of grey, cloudy skies, rain and more rain, hail, scary storms, destructive winds, broken branches, and swarms upon swarms of mosquitoes.
***I know I should be grateful for the much needed moisture and deep down, I am. Although it came in torrents, it didn’t cause destructive flooding. And we’ve been fortunate to have had no forest fires when so many have lost so much.
Our summer season is short, meaning that gardening in our zone is counted in weeks, not months. All I can say about my garden this summer is that it’s green, overgrown and loaded with weeds. As I go through photos on my phone, I see very few are of my garden. And for good reason. Without sun, the roses stems have grown long and gangly with few blooms, the peonies bloomed very late and for a scant few weeks, and the hydrangea blooms are a fraction of the size they normally are. The ferns are wind-whipped, brown and broken, and the hosta leaves are shredded. I’m ready to cut everything back.
I hope your summer was brighter (no doom and gloom). The leaves are just starting to turn and the odd one is falling…we can look forward to a new season.
xox Judy❤️