Hurricane Irene

A huge hurricane, Irene, is moving up the East Coast, Category 1, but probably will be weakened to a tropical storm by the time it reaches New Hampshire tomorrow. It's very wide so many states will be affected. Right now it is leaving North Carolina and in Maryland. NYC has unprecedented evacuations due to possible storm surge in low lying areas.
We are provisioned up and worried most on our side about power outage and lots of flooding due to heavy rains that are forecast. Stay tune.
Here is a photo of calm before the storm.

Mid-August

Since that heatwave we haven't had any unusually hot weather in the upper Northeast - unlike the country's south and mid-section where records highs have cracked the fields in many places. Some areas of Nh have noticed less rain than usual, however.
Here in the western part of NH we have had enough rain to keep the crops going and the ponds full. We have had our muggy days, but not anything like what it was those sweltering days in July.
Some wildlife sightings: three mallard ducks waddling on our driveway soon after a rainstorm, a giant garter snake in the middle of the driveway, the beaver blinking, a huge toad in the back garden, gigantic mushrooms that seem to have almost exploded.
In the meantime, we have been enjoying long swims in the local lake from the town beach, snorkeling about and investigating the rocks for sunfish.