August is a bummer for gardeners. By this time we've had a taste of the coming winter, with chilly night and morning rain (sans wind, thank goodness) that turns muggy during the day. We still look forward to September, however, which is our Indian Summer, challenging late June for our nicest weather.It's time to clean up dead flower beds, a job I dislike almost as much as cleaning and weeding in the spring. It makes me wonder if I'm really the gardener I like to think I am.
Much going on island-wise. We're getting a new bridge onto the island, which all of us are saying it's about time. The bridge was built in the 20s and has been used up until about the time we came, 15 years ago, by mostly weekend visitors and cabin owners. But we've more than doubled in population and a good portion of the residents actually now commute to Seattle or other points south so there's constant traffic on and off the island, day and night. We desperately need another bridge. But the bridge entails more than the bridge itself, so the shoulders of the road are torn up for miles for construction of passing and turning lanes in an attempt to ease other traffic problems. We'll see.
