Readers, Welcome to my blog (formerly Birds, Blooms, Books, etc). I'm entering a new decade taking on the challenge of moving from Maryland after living there 46 years and learning about my new home here in New England in the Live Free or Die state - New Hampshire. Join me as a write this new chapter of my life.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Flower Studies

 Taking a closer look at the cone flowers I planted last year, I realized that every stage of their blossoming was represented.











Here are the two plants.


Some other beautiful blooms.




Unrelated here's a photo of our new portable AC unit.  It's in the spot where we keep the wood for the woodstove.  Tuesday's temperature high is putting this unit to use.  We have a smaller unit upstairs to cool our bedroom.


Stay cool all of you affected by this heat dome in the states.  
Next door at the renovation of the store to a library, roofers are working in the heat.  Once the roof is complete the interior walls can be put up on the framing.  Progress is being made daily for our new library.

Postcript:

Though temps moderated overnight on Tuesday, today we are faced with bad air: smoke from Canadian fires.  We will keep the house shut up for now.  If it's this bad here, how is it in Canada?














2 comments:

Tom said...

...cone flowers are a summer delight.

Anvilcloud said...

You have very colourful and pretty coneflowers.