Rain, Rain, Go Away

I heard yesterday that we haven’t had 3 days in a row without rain in Boston since April(!!). That is certainly abnormal. One side effect has been eerily healthy flowers in neighborhood window boxes and planters.

Here’s a sunflower plant just down the street that in the past few days has now grown taller than me (note the traffic signs for reference). This is not something you usually see in a city sidewalk planter: