Friday, 8:30 AM. 64 degrees, wind W, calm. The channel is calm, the barometer predicts ran, of which we had a few sprinkles last night.
The common milkweed, Asclepias syriacus, in the milkweed family, is in bloom and quite prevalent. It has a very sweet fragrance. It is the obligate host for the Monarch butterfly and so is an important plant ecologically. Its fluffy seed heads, known as kapok, were formerly much used in flotation devices and as an insulating material. It was mistakenly given the species name by Linnaeus who thought that it came from the Orient.
Our Texas contingent, son Dutch, daughter-in -law Leslie and toddler Allison arrived last night with their two Australian Shepard show dogs. The canine guest list is growing along with the human at Chez Ode.
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