Wet weather

After a few days with no rain (but high humidity), the rain is back today (and keeping me inside). With all the rain, the Hollow has plenty of mushrooms and other fungi. Some are quite large,

and some are covered with leaves and/or other fungi.

This one appeared in my yard, then shriveled up after a couple of days.

The river continues to be up and down, green and brown, depending on rain upriver.

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I see fawns almost daily, and I can tell that many of the does have milk. I think Vee hangs out near my house; he also emerges from the woods when I walk out.The deer are all plagued by flies and other pests; I wish I could do something to help, but they are, after all, wild animals.

The summer flowers are blooming. The meadow is full of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), and the bee balm (Monarda didyma) has exploded. The staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) has started to bloom; I’m used to seeing it in the fall but am watching it more closely this summer. And the Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) makes me think of my mom, who loves it.