There are still some clovers blooming in the front yard, but what has the bees all abuzz at the moment is the sweet pepperbush. You can smell it as soon as you step outside. It’s such a wonderful fragrance, and I wish as always that I could somehow bottle it. Also seen outside are the dewberries finally ripening and dragonflies zipping around everywhere.
All of these speak to the advance of the season, but what startled me today, as I was walking down to the mailbox, was that the asters have started to bloom. Just a few. But each day will bring more, and soon they’ll reach their peak, and then we will know that summer’s end is just around the corner.
OMG, how has the time gone so fast?