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| 273 days since the last 75F+ day in seattle. Today was close at 73F ---- Tomorrow will be the last chance for the week since it's suppose to get a little cooler with a chance of rain after tomorrow. |
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| My dogwoods are starting to roll up. |
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- Posted by nancyanne_2010 Z 8 / WA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 23, 10 at 0:41
| I think I saw a polar bear in the woods this morning. |
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| 80 degrees today - it's starting to feel like spring! Oh wait, we've passed the summer solstice... |
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- Posted by nancyanne_2010 Z 8 / WA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 23, 10 at 1:55
| :-D It made it to 80 in Sequim??? It hasn't even felt like spring here yet. No record tomato and squash crops this year. |
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- Posted by thesecretofjoy (My Page) on Wed, Jun 23, 10 at 2:07
| Highs near 70 through Sunday and nighttime lows above 50... I'm not going to complain. http://www.king5.com/weather/maps?radar=63609937&img=0&c=y |
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| bboy, my Dogwoods are fine. ;-)
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| I was feeling really optimistic yesterday, when I made up my bed with fresh sheets I took off the cotton thermal blanket I add for winter, am now down to the summer-weight comforter :) Botann, your dogwood is beautiful. I saw a few in the Belfair area Saturday that looked exceptionally nice this year too. My own c. kousa blooms with flowers much the same color as the leaves, subtle doesn't begin to describe it. |
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| 2005 Timber Press dogwood book says to call it 'Miss Satomi'. 'Big Apple', despite appearing to do fine otherwise seems very quick to react to drier conditions every year. "Cornus Kousa ---Kousa Dogwood |
Here is a link that might be useful: Article - Overplanted in Seattle by Arthur Lee Jacobson
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- Posted by nancyanne_2010 Z 8 / WA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 23, 10 at 23:26
| Made it to 78F today! Cinnamon, cloves, and cocoa all loved spending the entire day outside - all of them are putting out new leaves. Oh well, back to early spring tomorrow. |
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- Posted by patrick888 z8 SeaTac WA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 24, 10 at 2:06
| Today saw my furnace unused for just the 3rd time this year. And already the daylight grows a little shorter each day. Sigh. |
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- Posted by plantknitter 8 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 24, 10 at 2:35
| Patrick, Agree, Big sighhhhh here, too. All those potential daylight hours the last 3 weeks lost to greyness. Interesting graphs on the link below. |
Here is a link that might be useful: daylight hours
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- Posted by nancyanne_2010 Z 8 / WA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 24, 10 at 22:40
| Patrick - we're neighbors. I'm in SeaTac too. plantknitter - great link, thanks! |
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