Snowedin

Nice little shot of a couple doves I managed to snag earlier at one of the baths. I think one of them might’ve just finished dunking half its body in the water lol.

Yep 88/75 here atm..classic summer day!

Let the Kevin jinx begin!

Yeah I always say another month of true summer weather would be really nice around here. I’m jealous of some of my cousins who recently made the big move down to North Carolina. I know from some past experience that the step down there is much more gradual and is fantastic if you like spending time at the beach, even later in the season. But I can’t complain too much, the cooler months have been much tamer lately and the winters are nothing like they used to be even just ten years ago. For now, we take and bake!

Honestly I agree. It’s weird though, we've had a lot of small bees which I can’t really put a pin on showing up in recent days. Every time I go out to fill up my birdbaths they are just latched on to the edges, lapping up the residual moisture. It kind of freaks me out but so far they appear to have no interest in attacking me and just go straight for the water when I refill the basins. I’ll see if I can get a good shot later of the little guys when I’m out again.

I eagerly await await for that nice cozy blob of red to make its way here just in time for the oct-dec time frame..couldn’t ask for a better gift during the holiday season

I don’t know what’s with all this doom posting about ending summer. It’s a beautiful day and a perfect late summer evening as far as I can tell. I know we’re technically past the glory days of the season but there’s still some good gas left in the tank. Even the crazy hummingbirds are still making the rounds, albeit some pretty frantic ones before migration starts. Get the out there and enjoy it baby!

Mother natures saving it for the time of year when no one’s expecting it..Christmas week. You know it’s coming baby.

I shall find a way to endure in these trying times. Thank you for your steadfast support!

This ain’t my kind of coc man. I’m sitting outside in long pants and a sweatshirt with a hot thermos filled with coffee struggling to keep warm. Nah, you can take your chilly cocs and put ‘em where the sun don’t shine.

Eh you could be right. I do have a hard time making the distinction between the two sometimes. Either way, the finch season of yore continues.

Yeah I know it’s kind of deceiving as the ones that are called purple don’t actually have much of that color on them. That plus the females have a much duller color scheme which is natures way of making them less of a target for predators. And for me, it’s just the sound they make which is unmistakable. When you hear a a whole bunch show up at once, it sounds like a tropical oasis. It’s just crazy though, I don’t remember seeing this many in our yard this consistently for practically weeks on end. It makes me wonder how much climate change or perhaps different migration routes are playing a role.

The season of endless finches continue. I don't know why we’ve had so many this summer but it’ll be interesting to see how long the purple ones linger into the fall. Of course, we’ll know when the next spring has officially arrived once they start their to pop up again. Ya love to see it!

It’s a little steamy out there, at least here in the swamps of coastal mass. Literally just hit back from a good walk myself. But I’d totally deluding myself if I said this type of stuff has much staying power compared to about a month ago, when we were at the heart of the season. It’s still good to see summer-like weather hanging around..hopefully we have a nice gradual step down with one more resurgence to get those final trips down to the beach. And as my guy torchy would say, perhaps a little tropical activity thrown into the mix as well, preferably in areas that actually need the rain!

It’s a little sticky out there today. Is the coc crew hiding in their moist basements today waiting for the monsoons to pass?

You think we might get a good soaking later along the south shore? I’m internally debating whether to give the ol doggie her anxiety meds to calm her down with the storms approaching. Any time we get even a little rain she just goes insane.

Back into hibernation mode we go until a nice, good ol’ fashioned tropical system brings the good vibes north once again. Or we wait until Christmas morning for our usual early spring preview!

Yeah the sky just didn’t look right at all today and honestly I haven’t felt my best at all. I wonder how much of an effect the smoke has on our mind as well as just our vitality in general. It’ll be great when this crap finally clears out of here as it sucks to have precious days at the tail end of our summer season robbed like this from us. Something tells me the models are struggling to handle the smoke with regards to temp output as that does tend to throw a wrench into sensible weather conditions.

On a positive note our friendly backyard turkeys have returned for the upteenth time this season to dine on dropped sunflower seeds. It’s pretty cool to see them just trotting out of the woods out of nowhere and casually making their way over to the feeders.

I keep waiting for this layer of crap to burn off but this air mass does not want to budge. Friggin reminds me of the rotting ulls we tend to get in mid April that take an eternity to depart. And of course, that damn smoke way above isn’t helping our cause either. I guess we embrace the smoky, salty and moist cocs for the next few days?

We just gave our little bichon a veterinary approved sedative to calm her down for occasions such as this. She really struggles to deal with any of these types of weather events. I swear they must be able to sense when the pressure is dropping as she will literally be shaking hours before any storms roll through. Meanwhile our borderline feral outdoor cat barely even flinches when he hears thunder. Talk about polar opposites lol.

That little zone of suckage kind of reminds me of our annual late April/early May week of crappiness with a rotting low pressure system centered over the Great Lakes/Ohio valley. What a shame that type of nasty pattern can’t wait until at least mid September when the season is supposed to wind down. Who knows, maybe it won’t be quite as sustained as the models indicate.

It’s been so beautiful here most of the day but all of the sudden the sky is starting to dim a little and I strongly suspect we’re getting some influence from the wildfires burning in Canada. It almost reminds me of that solar eclipse we had last April but obviously nowhere near as drastic. One of my relatives actually sent me this cool shot from scituate this morning near the harbor. I’m pretty sure there’s some smoke mixed in the background with the sunrise. Either way, pretty interesting to see.

Of course. Maybe climate change ain’t so bad after all.

Hey I’d take days like this in the winter anytime. There’d be no complaints at all from this guy.