The summer celestial shows begin with the Delta Aquarid meteors, starting July 12 and lasting through Aug. 23. This shower produces about 20 meteors an hour in the southern sky, radiating out of the constellation Aquarius. The even splashier Perseids follow in late July.
Confused about the multitude of white flowers along roadsides and beyond? Here is a quick run-through. Cow parsnip is tall and thick-stemmed with a cauliflower-like bloom. Poison hemlock, from Europe, has…