Middle Season 22 - 2026

 

Kousa dogwood in the next neighborhood, a pair of cormorants at Fullersburg, Todd's heirlooms producing a lot of weird tomatoes, japanese anenome along the driveway

Sunday August 2

1. In Bemus, a good deal of water in the forest floors
2. Bell flowers still blooming that’s probably the main
3. Still high salt Creek from 5 inches of rain this week bigger man in a kayak in a swollen water sweeping down
4. Cicada sing in the overcast afternoon
5. I see a tan deer down in the tall grass
6. Mud covered and stinky path at beginning of opening. 
7. As I stopped to look at an oak tree, I heard high-pitched bird calling and then over my shoulder very big hawk being chased by the same bird same high-pitched Hawk just enormous going slow
8. Japanese lilac has candelabra seeds. Green. 

Monday

1. Small white mushrooms have a week of rain and humidity. In parkway 
2. Burr oaks. Under small. Growing acorns. Light green. 
3. Cosmos growing - pink - by front steps. I didn’t plant them!  
4. Japanese anemone blooming alongside driveway. 

Tuesday, August 4

1. Goldenrod blooming at school Primrose blooming at school
2. This about small pine cones on big hemlock tree on 42nd st. 
3. Zinnias in neighborhood 
4. Good smell from long needled pine tree. In the hot afternoon. 
5. The moment I leave. The HB comes to the feeder. Earlier I saw him checking out feeder home (green back.) But he went around side of f house. But I could still see him now thru the slats of the blind. 

Wednesday

1. 2 crows at school 
2. HB again waits for me to leave reading on piano to come to dinner
3. In LGP. Sparrow at nest in old school birds nest!  Designed like a house. Mom put head through hole to feed. 

Thursday Aug 6

1. Partly sunny, heavy clouds, blue gray bottoms not so hot but 70 71° dewpoint humid
2. Slushy waterfalls noises from the manhole in the park. It hasn’t rained in days!
3. Sparrow nest in the crook of a tree by the trunk. 9 feet up to the east of the 8-20 Softball field. Active chicks. 
4. 11 dump. 5 o’clock dump paisleys. 

Friday August 7

1. Orchid in light
2. Cattails in Bemis entrance have tails!
3. Cilantro and arugula sprouting. Beginning Simpson lettuce. 
4. Unplug to recharge. 
5. Hawk on sidewalk I. Front of school. Eye caught by red tail. Very red. 
6. Bemis walk. 86/71. 
7. 3:10.  Five monarchs milkweed that has all gone to the pods now gentle cicada a couple Blue Jays calling
8. 3:20. Wind in the cotton woods, gentle cicadas several monarchs, cruising the meadows great blue Heron, not in the water but a long bank verges filled with Rebecca as though they were planted. Two big black birds perched on the top of the dead tree overhanging the salt Creek. I think I’m male and female Cormorant.
9. 3:30. Intersection. Fuzzy and still very green acorns just a couple on the path.
10. 3:40. Top of hill. More monarchs down on the salt creek flats and then heat thickened air almost like you’re moving through a body pressing on you slightly harder to breathe but just sense of the physical of the heat and humidity.  Like walking into a hand, pushing back at you there is resistance.
11. 3:50. Entry to the subdivision.  Echinacea totally flourishing and vibrant down by the old well looking out from the dark covered part of the forest into a small meadow along the creek.
12. Tubeboobteen   Twoboobteam 
13. Come across mark mccabe. 
14. Scent. Green warm spiced perfume. 

Su Aug 9

1. What’s this 5 am sound: crickets? Frogs?
2. Wet cedar fence smell after the big thunderstorm and deluge. 

Monday

1. Zaina 5 years. KW 15 years. Stob 20 years. 
2. The cicadas at 8 pm. Repetitive winding drone.