Monthly Archives: September 2011

The ancient Romans called these last days of summer the “dog days” in honor of the rising of the dog star, Sirius, with the morning sun. They thought that the heat and often unbearable humidity of the late summer were… Continue reading →

All summer we have seen the occasional orange and black monarch butterfly fluttering across our yards and fields. Coming into the fall, though, the numbers of these distinctive butterflies have increased and their colors have become more vivid and more… Continue reading →