I checked the forecast for the southeast Ches Bay - WU says "partly cloudy" now, but it's very clear. After rains stopped yesterday, it was very clear last night - many stars. Keep your fingers crossed - the cloudy weather may hold of a little longer.

My growing ability is limited because of my location in a not so hardy zone 6 but I can tell you about the ones I do grow. Until about 4 yrs. ago the only salvia that I was remotely familiar with was Salvia splendens which I grew every yr. for its intense brilliant red flowers to atttract my hummers. I thought it was gorgeous and planted it every year. Then I learned about Salvia guaranitica Black & Blue and found a small one locally and fell in love once it grew and began to bloom. I vowed that I would never be without this one. I thought it was the most beautiful plant on the planet. Then I added Salvia coccinea and I was in love yet again but B&B still held first place. This year I added a Purple Majesty, Van Remsen and Raspberry Truffle. The Raspberry Truffle is over 7ft tall but has never bloomed so the jury is still out on that one. Van Remsen rivals my B%B but Purple Majesty has taken center stage. I am glad I have the Purple Majesty and the Van Remsen and B&B all in seperate beds so that they don't have to compete with one another. It would be hard to determine which of the tree I thought to be the most beautiful. If I factor in bloom time B&B would probably be the top runner and then Van Remen and Purple Majesty would come in 3rd. I still need to try to get a few cuttings of Purple Majesty as insurance for next year but it has been so wet from all the rain here in the northeast that I just haven't been able to get out in that part of the yard to get to the garden area. Penny

That is so interesting, and I've always wanted to see it. Thanks for the great pictures; now I have a little better idea of the size. I've seen photos of it from an airplane, but it doesn't appear that big. I'm glad you took time to go there.

This is a confirmed meteor sighting, which fell over Ontario (in Dec. 2017) and was captured on the dashboard cameras of many drivers. It was also seen by countless people who happened to be outside and reported that something very bright, just fell from the sky. I never would have thought that a falling meteor would be so visible, on such a sunny day. It would have been even more amazing to see, if it had fallen at night in a rural area! https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=357415