Woke to the sound of rain and a cool breeze blowing through the bedroom. So comfortable that I grabbed a blanket and slept in. Got up to sunshine and .72" of rain in the gauge; the garden and I both perked up. The rain is much needed. While we're not having a drought, it has been a very dry summer. Using the rain gauge in our garden, my records show that we only received 2.12" of rain in June, 2" in July and 1.55" so far in August.
It was still early enough that I made coffee and then headed over to the West Side Market. Came home with green beans, tomatoes, corn picked this morning, my favorite caraway rye from Madison Sourdough. Also got a gorgeous bouquet for a mere $5.00. And two end of season herb plants — basil and parsley — neither of which are doing well in the garden this year. I'm making Anna Thomas' cheese and onion pie for breakfast tomorrow so I also picked up Jarlsberg and gruyere cheese, butter and heavy cream. So Wisconsin!
As I was packing up the car, I heard someone exclaim at the "vanity" license plate of a nearby vehicle, so I had to walk over to see what it said. It was on a silver car sitting in full glaring sun and my phone couldn't get a good image. The license read:
"THNX WI 14"
A perfect footnote to what is clearly going to be a great day.
We had a perfect late summer day here in Vermont today. The recent rains have perked everything up and the vegetable garden is in its late summer "everything coming at once" mode. Summer melons along with early apples, tomatoes and broccoli, corn and swiss chard. A different sort of heaven than yours, but we are both lucky.
Posted by: Altoon | Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 06:44 PM
Don't you just love this kind of weather. We just need rain to go along with those cooler mornings. We haven't had an inch yet this month. Not even a half inch for that matter. I do appreciate the cooler morngings though. Love that vingnette in the last photo.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 07:33 PM