It’s raining! Yippee! (I watered this evening just to make sure that it would, even managed to just about empty a barrel, so refilling is called for.)
I heard on the news today that forecasters are expecting monsoonal conditions to develop by the end of the month. We like that news.
Our phoebe babies have moved out into the world, and the phoebe mom has to be one of the most hardworking creatures around. The babies fledged on Friday or Saturday, and this evening we could hear their unending chirps from various trees — plaintive reminders about their locations and needful tummies. And phoebe mom just flies from one to another with supper.
The chocolate flowers in my garden have gone crazy and put out a couple dozen additional plants, which I’ve allowed to happen because I love love love sitting on the porch in the morning with the delicate fragrance of chocolate in the air. Someone else really approves of them too: the goldfinches! There are often two or three goldfinches flying into the chocolate flowers and eating. I don’t think they can really be finding seeds yet, but there they are. I like how they match the plants too, lots of yellow zipping in and out of the yellow flowers.