8/24/08: WE NEED RAIN, BUT THE KING STILL LIVES!

Sunday, 8:00 AM. 50 degrees, wind WNW, light with strong gusts. The channel is wrinkled. The sky is overcast, but the barometer predicts sun. It looks like rain and even a shower would be welcome.
A lot of wild fruits and seeds won’t be developing well because of the drought, but there are always some. The highbush cranberry, Viburnum americanum, has highly ornamental red-yellow fruit that can be used in preserves but is not otherwise edible, and is not a cranberry at all.
The alternate leaved dogwood, Corns alternifolia, has attractive blue-black berries that have bright red stems.
The garden, despite being somewhat weedy and incomplete, is still attractive in an unkempt fashion, and the roses have been very nice.
The sweet corn and melons have been delicious. The corn variety we have been eating recently is named ‘Love Me Tender,’ and I bet Elvis’ estate is collecting royalties. I almost expect to see an ad featuring a shadowy Elvis peering out of a Graceland window, eating corn on the cob. The King lives (and loves his sweet corn)!