This heat wave and drought is breaking historical records.  All my native plant groups up and down the eastern/midwestern US are concerned about it.

A neighbor was mowing the field behind us, and it looked like a big dust storm.  There was nothing to mow but dried stubble.  I don’t know why people bother, it’s so bad for the environment.

It’s getting harder to find living things to photograph.  There’s always this chocolate chip coffee cake E baked, and this ginger cosmo from yesterday evening.  And a few flowers and butterflies hanging on.

Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) begins tonight.  L’shanah tovah.  It has to get better, right?  I made a vegetarian Sephardic meal including falafel, basmati rice, spicy sweet potatoes, and fresh sautéed broccoli with fresh garlic and herbs.  Guess what’s for dessert?