June is the season of roses, either growing wild on the beach or landscaped in Island yards. Now is the time to replant window boxes and dooryard pots, replacing cold-hardy pansies and Johnny jump-ups with their heat-loving stand-ins: geraniums, impatiens and nasturtiums. Time to put out tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and summer squash in the vegetable garden. Time to shear the sheep and put away horse blankets for the year.

In meadows and at the edge of farm fields, daisies are the wildflower of the month — great drifts of them, strewn across the landscape like a scene brushed by Monet. Blue-eyed grass is also in bloom. Baltimore orioles and finches decorate bird feeders with their brilliant oranges and yellows. A cardinal trills loudly outside the Gazette newsroom.

Hello June, the month for brides and graduates and the first ice cream cone of the season.