Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 62.9*, 91% RH, 0610
Like gauze draping a cradle, fog hangs over the stream. Leaves still. No breeze. Ruger stops in the doorway lifts his head perhaps trying to identify the odor which shouldn’t be there. Not a skunk. Just bad air. Accuweather, often in error, indicates air quality is Excellent. A sound, like a bird. Merlin hearing a bird; offers no identification. Probably not a bird.
Cone flowers in the secret garden thrive with equipment sitting on and around them. No Evening Primroses anywhere. One Daisy. Horsetail (photo) three feet high.
The beauty is nature, not man-made clutter.
Photo: LJ Austin
