THe warm weather also caused my three little plots of marsh marigold to appear. I bought one 1 gallon pot and divided it into four plantings, one oc which was pulled up and destroyed--I think by deer. The other three look like this.

One problem we're having already this year is a lack of rain. I was hoping we'd get some last night and today but it looks like very little will actually fall. Can't believe I might have to water in March!

This is a Kansas Kitten daylily--a nice dark lavender with purple center. I didn't do much other than water today, as we went near, if not over, 100 here today. What lawn we have is going to dry out, I'm sure. The sandy soil just can't keep grass going through a heat spell. Atleast it knocks down the mosquito populations (though not the deer flies).

Today Lucy and I had the day off together so we went to Putnam Connecticut to wander through antique shops and then to a state park for a swim. The park was small but not very crowded and though the swimming area was roped off, it was big enough that you didn't feel too constrained--the actual constraints were the motorboats!

There's no rain listed for the next five days and we're already dry so it's going to be a brown-lawn summer. I'm going to try to get some daylily pictures early tomorrow because they fade quickly in the sun. My asiatic lilies are in full swing--we've cut several for the house,though I've had to keep on top of the lily beetles--pretty but they will wipe out asiatic lilies (leave daylilies alone) .

George