September 7.
R. W. E. brought from Yarmouth this week Chrysopsis falcata in bloom and Vaccinium stamineum, deerberry, or squaw huckleberry, — the last with green berries, some as large as cranberries, globular (not pear-shaped), on slender peduncles, not edible, in low ground.
Yesterday and to-day and day before yesterday, some hours of very warm weather, as oppressive as any in the year, one's thermometer at 93°.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, September 7, 1853
Very warm weather, as oppressive as any in the year. See September 7, 1858 (" It is an early September afternoon, melting warm and sunny. . .and ever and anon the hot z-ing of the locust is heard."); See also June 25, 1858 ("the reflected heat is almost suffocating. 93° at 1 P. M"); July 11, 1857 ("Thermometer at 93° + this afternoon."); July 2, 1855 ("At 2 P. M. — Thermometer north side of house ... 93°")
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts Last 30 Days.
-
February 27 P. M. — Up Assabet. Am surprised to see how the ice lasts on the river. It but just begins to be open for a foot or two ...
-
The bluebird may be seen February 24, as in '50, '57 and '60 or not till March 24, as in '56. Henry Thoreau, March 26, 186... -
Beyond the lone graveyard, his footsteps shining like silver between me and the moon. I see a promise or sign of spring in the way th...
-
February 19 I incline to walk now in swamps and on the river and ponds, where I cannot walk in summer. The large moths apparently love ...
The week ahead in Henry’s journal
A journal, a book that shall contain a record of all your joy.
No comments:
Post a Comment