I mowed the meadow in front of the house - probably annoying the neighbors - and then watered it before the heat really moved in. Two doors down the people have once more let the primroses and Jupiter's whatsits pretty much close off the sidewalk, and I don't want to be cited for tall grass stalks when the city guy comes by to write them up. I noted that the clover patch has almost vanished into a network of dry stalks and a vast number of now black burrs, and that the grass is growing back through it.
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