Summertime, Summertime, Sum-Sum-Summertime

Well, it's official!  The daisies are blooming and the butterfly bush just popped out also.  So grab a chair and sit among the blooms.

The perennial sunflower is prolific with blooms.

The coneflowers are fully blooming and ready to take off like rockets.  This photo shows many stages of their bloom "taking off."

I've been changing the bird bath water each day to give the birds fresh water and to keep the mosquitoes away.  We supposedly have more mosquitoes than ever this summer.







West Nile Virus Found

More Mosquitoes Than Usual This Year

Ticks Are Also Plentiful

July 01, 2011|BY WILLIAM WEIR, bweir@courant.com, The Hartford Courant

The state's first case of West Nile virus has been found, state officials announced Friday. Also, there are three times as many mosquitoes this year as there were at this point in 2010.
Mosquitoes trapped inBridgeport on June 21 tested positive for West Nile in testing conducted late Thursday, officials said.