If you're one of those folks who's having a hard time letting go of summer, then head down to the Inner Harbor and look for the sea nettles hanging out there. Just don't go in the water.
A common summertime sight in the Chesapeake Bay from about Annapolis southwward, some stinging nettles have found their way into the northwest branch of the Patapsco River, where our dry weather has raised salinity of the water enough to make them feel at home.
For more on the harbor jellyfish invasion, check out my story today in The Baltimore Sun.
(Sea nettle in Inner Harbor, with World Trade Center and U.S.S.Constellation reflected on water's surface. Baltimore Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron)