Summer Sightings

Our summer mornings this year have been graced with white morning glories that sprung up amongst the fern bed. Last summer season, we had morning glories in pinks, blues, and lavender shades - this season pure whites that vividly contrast with the deep greens around them. By late afternoon, the beautiful blooms start to close for the day, and, by evening, they look more trumpet shaped than full and round.




Our summer night times are punctuated with the low hums and chirps from locusts and katy-dids. Their chorus rises to quite a din at times, but mostly it's a steady, lush purr that soothes and lulls us to sleep. The lone katy-did in the photograph above chose to spend the night on our front porch and was still there by early morning when I snapped this picture. Next to the light gray wood of the porch railing , the katy-did stands out, but in the trees, his leaf like color and form offers great camouflage.



Some of the leaves on the trees are already starting to turn, due to the hot dry conditions we're experiencing in our area this summer season, but the ferns are still lush and green.