As we prepare to head into summer this morning (!), Larry reports that while the average temperature is colder than normal, so is the rainfall amount. Roadside flowers, ladyslipper orchids in abundance, berries and trees in bloom, and why you should be glad children aren't whippoorwills, all in this week's installment of Backyard Almanac . --------------- And here's some Phenology phenology: what we were talking about last year at this time: