Back on the Island
I returned to Maine and was immediately overcome by the rich fragrances, flourishing azaleas & rhodeodendrons. It is alarming to see how dry the soil is however. But today has been a perfect spring day of cerulean blue sky line against the ultramarine ocean. In the garden my orange and magenta wild tulips from Iran are still blooming alongside the blue muscari but a rabbit got every last crocus. In my kitchen, there are ants. That used to be a sure sign in California that rain was coming but I rarely see ants here at all. In August, the level of the aquifer will tell the tale of the rainfall tally for the year.
