Thunderstorms passed through this afternoon and evening, bringing some welcome moisture. It's been continually dry for weeks now, warm (and hot) sunny days in succession.Fortunately, my perennials are pretty tough, but still, the Joe-Pye and Phlox need water after a week and half of heat and no rain. Not to mention the veggies!The rain today brought out the nocturnal symphony -- tonight, largely...
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Showing posts with label nocturnal symphony. Show all posts
Monday, 10 August 2015
Saturday, 11 July 2015
Nocturnal symphony
It's in full swing tonight, accompanied by fireflies. Crickets, tree frogs, and cicadas (or maybe it's the katydids) are LOUD.I can hear them through the closed windows. Posted with Blo...
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Late summer heat
I can't really complain. It's been a quite decent summer.But the current spell of ~ 94° highs in the humidity of the Piedmont of SC is a bit trying. In a normal summer, we would have been subjected to weeks and weeks of this, so really I'm not complaining.Oddly, the temperature spread for the highs from the mountains of western NC to the Piedmont has widened to 10° for the next few days, several...
Monday, 21 July 2014
Nocturnal symphony
Coming upstairs to the main floor just now, I was surrounded by the nocturnal symphony, of field crickets and other night-singers.It's loud, and in full swing now.A new neighbor, across the street, was marveling last night about her first sighting of fireflies when she came east. Add to that the night songs, and we have everyday magic.Bumblebees and other flower visitors are coming to the Liatris...
Monday, 14 July 2014
Nocturnal symphony and fireflies!
At home in the Southeast after a wonderful trip to Oregon, visiting fabulous gardens during the Garden Bloggers Fling, and having a week prior to explore some of the mountains and the coast -- what's striking me this evening (as I've started looking through my MANY photos of gardens and natural areas) are the night sounds this evening -- out the open windows.It was quite warm here today, but we're...
Monday, 26 November 2012
Final evening sounds
Coming home from the grocery store this evening, I heard some of the final evening songs of fall -- whether they're crickets or tree frogs, I'm not sure. We had a good freeze on Saturday night, so I was surprised to hear them, although the warm temperatures before (and after) have buffered the dip in temperature.The moon is already luminous in the evening, even though not full until Thursday. ...
Monday, 10 September 2012
A September nocturnal symphony
Coming back from an evening walk just as night was settling in, the nocturnal symphony was cranking up. The night-singers, especially the crickets, are still melodic (and loud). Katydids and related insects are also part of the nocturnal symphony this time of year, in late summer towards fall and the first frost.It reminds me that the shrill calls of cicadas have largely dropped out of daytime...