7/27/08 SUMMER'S MOVIN' ON

Sunday, 8:30 AM. 62 degrees, wind W to variable, moderate with gusts. The channel is crawling. The sky is blue and hazy, the barometer predicts rain.
There are a lot of interesting summer weeds and wildflowers now, and fruits on many trees and shrubs are obvious and ripening. The spring and summer, being so late, makes it seem as though the year has flown.
The white fruits of the red twig dogwood, Corns stolonifera, are obvious now in the fields and woods, and the fuzzy fruits of the sumac are suddenly turning red. The twin, beaked fruits of the American filbert, Corylus americana, are already ripe and disappear immediately, the tasty nuts quickly eaten by animals. It won't be long and the first subtle signs of fall will appear.