Sun Kaw Valley Almanac Venus sets W,+ a%ter dusk, Jup ter.le%t), Saturn.0) r se in S1. August 30 - September 5, 2021 Day Gets light Sunrise Sunset Gets dark w ww.kawvalleyalmanac.com tw tter! @KVAlmanac 2on&ay 05!5@ A2 0>!@? A2 0;!53 42 0?!5; 42 Day Moon rises South Moon sets % Illum/Phase =ues&ay 05!55 A2 0>!@A A2 0;!52 42 0?!55 42 2on&ay 0;!1; A2 02!51 42 3r& <uarter +e&nes&ay 05!56 A2 0>!50 A2 0;!50 42 0?!5@ 42 =ues&ay 12!2> A2 0?!05 A2 03!@A 42 35B =#urs&ay 05!5; A2 0>!51 A2 0;!@A 42 0?!52 42 +ednes&ay 01:10 A2 0?!5> A2 0@!@3 42 2>B 9r &ay 05!5? A2 0>!51 A2 0;!@; 42 0?!50 42 =#urs&ay 02!00 A2 0A!@? A2 05!33 42 1?B Satur&ay 05!5A A2 0>!52 A2 0;!@6 42 0?!@A 42 9r &ay 02!5; A2 10!@0 A2 0>!18 42 11B Sun&ay 0>!00 A2 0>!53 A2 0;!@@ 42 0?!@; 42 Satur&ay 0@!00 A2 11:33 A2 0>!5> 42 5B Live outside the Lawrence area? Get rise and setting times, moon Sun&ay 05!0; A2 12!2@ 42 0;!30 42 2B data where you live at: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/ § 2ostly dry weather is pre&icte& t# s week, as abnormally &ry/mo&erate droug#t conditions spread in the western 2/3 o% the state. Wildflowers as a result are in a kind of holding pattern, but blooming continues for several annual and perennial sunflowers, goldenro&s, Joe Pye wee&, swamp milkwee&, euphorbia corollata, gentian, tick tre%oil, fall thistles and boneset. Ragwee& has begun pollinating an& can cause itc#y eyes for folks with pollen allergies. § Indiangrass is beginning to put out see&heads and pollinating, while big bluestem and switchgrass are a little further along. Sideoats grama, eastern gamagrass, Canada wild rye and sloughgrass have ripe see&s which can be harveste&. § *ricket season has begun; Kansas has at least 10 species. 6isten to yours an& see if you can ident %y whic# ones you have at www.insect &ent 7cation.org. § Want to help w th some habitat restoration? Join Friends o% As t#e Dog Days o% summer sl p away, here is a p cture o% a Sun Dog Day, the Kaw this We&nes&ay at the Eu&ora Boat Ramp parking lot taken on Sun&ay, w t# m n -ra nbow br g#t spots to t#e r g#t an& le%t o% on the north end of Main Street 5!30 - 7!20pm and help build t#e sett ng sun. Sun Dogs are cause& by sunl g#t reflect ng o%% ice crystals back our natural heritage. n c rrus clou&s forme& by an isolate& t#un&erstorm t#at in(ecte& § Bir& migrations are beginning with flocks of blackbir&s mo sture into t#e stratosp#ere. It is com%ort ng to t# nk o% snow blowing gathering and hummingbir&s passing through. Fall warblers will aroun& above us as we swelter in t#e summer heat on t#e groun&. C rrus soon arrive, migratory dragonflies are assembling, and now is a clouds are more common in w nter so sun dogs an& ot#er opt cal p#enomena are seen more o%ten in colder mont#s an& in colder reg ons. goo& time to look for walking sticks and praying mantises. .