BrianW

What a week coming up.. Next week looks dry and unseasonably warm with highs in the 80s inland! Summer is not over yet! Keep the pools open and the boats in the water.

@dendrite Rare chestnut bee discovered at NY orchard research station. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-rare-chestnut-bee-ny-orchard.html

This ice plant has been growing like crazy out a of tiny crack in my patio all summer. It gets roasted in the sun and was amazed it made it through all that summer heat and drought. I have a few others in some beds so it must have spread naturally. Did a little research and these are some hardy plants. I have had them bloom into November a few times here. There is no need to fuss with ice plants to achieve vibrant blooms. This powerful, low-growing perennial will thrive and spread in full sun, intense heat, periods of drought, and neglect! Not only do they produce colorful blooms through periods of intense high temperatures, but they also prefer it! This tough-as-nails succulent thrives in the heat, where many other flowers wilt and fade. Hailing from South Africa’s sunny shores, ice plants are adapted to high temperatures. The succulent foliage stores water, helping them easily weather dry spells putting on a dazzling display of blooms throughout the hottest months.

68 for the low. Decent rain statewide last night. BDL .42 DXR .62 HVN .39 GON .37 HFD .51 IJD .24

Same down here around HVN. I think it's been even drier down by BDR but it looks they had gauge issues last month.

Great day to put a saw into a tree loaded with poison ivy... Risks of chainsawing poison ivy. Airborne urushiol: The saw's blades can create a fine mist or "poisonous flying sawdust" coated in urushiol oil.

My sister on Pt Judith said Wednesday seemed like the best day. Literally hundreds of people surfing in sand hill cove. Cars from all over the US parked on like every side street. They were rolling right through the breakwaters like they weren't even there.

My sister out on Pt Judith said it's pretty nuts how many surfers showed up today.

I just got in from my sister's in Narragansett. Water ban signs up in just about every South County town. Looked like fall along sections with lots of trees already showing colors.

Finally some rain for the Pioneer Valley!

Another fantastic night in the 70s here on the shoreline. BDR and HVN 74 for the low.

Yeah. My cousin lives near BDR and it's torched there. Tons of trees and plants dying and lawns completely dead.

Nothing better than an early lawn watering when it's 77/74 at 6 am. You even get some bonus dews from the hose mist.

Looks like someone got their hands on some purple haze at Upton..

Those anomalies up north around Hudson Bay are impressive. Inuit's out on the beach like it's Miami.