Day: August 3, 2025

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Had things gone to plan at this point I would be well on my way home from the Finger Lakes 😢

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But alas that’s the future, actually Labor Day in September. Despite my fears, summer vacation is going to happen in two and a half weeks though the exact date of departure is unknown, I will be coming home on September 1st. It’s something to look forward to rather than a memory.

This weekend out in Schoharie was fun but hardly special. But I have still two more weekends until summer vacation so I can decide if I want to go to the Adirondacks, Vermont or back to Schoharie in the mean time. Not sure! Depends on the weather. I’ve been thinking about White House for the blueberries. Depends on how hot and sunny the next few weekends are. Got to make up lost time during the wet weekends and that weekend the truck was down.

Evenings will get darker much earlier in late August but that’s good for sleep and more time to have campfires and watch for shooting stars and listen to the crickets. This time hopefully I won’t be so exhausted after late nights followed by getting up early.

Gardening 🌸

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Lately I spend more and more time visiting arboretums and public demonstration gardens exploring and photographing the flowers and trees. It’s not just a great way to take in the beauty but also observe nature.

Gardens serve many different purposes. An obvious one is personal food production and feed for livestock. Another is to draw in and support local wild, such as food plots for hunting and pollinator gardens that encourage and support local wildlife. I’m less thrilled about people bringing in non native species for purposes of beauty. Even if species are non invasive, you’re still playing with the forces of nature, posing a risk to local ecology just for a frivolous purpose. It’s one thing if it’s just to be eaten but beauty alone to disturb ecology seems troublesome in my mind.