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The sky had firey streaks as the sun rose. It was 5 am.<\/p>\n
Our meadow walks have been far and few between. The weather this summer has been amazing- sun and heat, with humidiy- \u00a0most un-Maine like. We have loved it! But, Spot can not take long walks when the temperature is in the 90’s.<\/p>\n
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But, \u00a0the temperature was lower, and the humidity less.
\nUnder a light cloud cover, we headed over to the meadows for an early walk.<\/p>\n
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The first meadow had recouped from the mowing. <\/p>\n In the side field there was enough tender grass for Spot to enjoy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As he grazed along, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There were definite signs that fall was coming.<\/p>\n Thistle heads had gone to seed.<\/p>\n And acorns were beginning to fall. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After Spot had gotten enough grass, we continued our walk. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The meadow had been mowed. We had never seen it like this. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here also were signs of the changing seasons.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first golden rod was in bloom. The plants to the right of the goldenrod in bloom is another type, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Along the upper part of the meadow, which gets full sun, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And, papery bracts showed themselves on one of the trees.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Acorns falling and golden rod blooming before the first of August we are in for an early fall.<\/p>\n These are reminders of how precious each summer day are.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The sun is rising later, and later. A month ago birds were chirping around 3:30 am. But, now it is nearer to 5. I glanced up from making coffee on the morning of July 31, and was stunned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGrasses were growing through the dead mown vegetation,
\nand Queen Anne’s lace was in full flower.<\/p>\n![\"Queen](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-d.jpg\")
![\"Queen](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-i.jpg\")
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\nI could here cicadas singing, and see swallows swooping.
\nIn two weeks the swallows would be lining up on telephone lines,
\npreparing for their departure before fall.<\/p>\n![\"Thistle](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-g.jpg\")
\nI had noticed it at home… as they hit the kitchen roof.
\nThey are early this year, by at least three weeks.<\/p>\n![\"Meadow-July-31-b\"](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-b.jpg\")
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\nWe crossed through the belt of trees that divides the first meadow
\nand the side meadow from the far meadow.
\nAs we came out of the trees, we were stunned!<\/p>\n![\"Meadow-July-31-16a\"](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16a.jpg\")
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\nThe mown grasses and flowers lay in rows and piles, as dry as straw.<\/p>\n![\"Meadow-July-31-16-Spot\"](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-Spot.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Golden](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-f.jpg\")
\nThere are 18 – 20 species that live in Maine.<\/p>\n
\nand will be in bloom soon.<\/p>\n![\"Meadow-July-31-16-ff\"](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-ff.jpg\")
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\nblackberries were ripening.<\/p>\n![\"Meadow-July-31-16-e\"](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-e.jpg\")
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\nsays one thing-<\/p>\n![\"Meadow-July-31-16-h\"](\"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Meadow-July-31-16-h.jpg\")
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