Wet and cloudy

Early morning drizzle left leaves dripping but put no water in the birdbath.  Cardinals and finches are still tussling over the feeder.  A hummer visited.

At lunch the skink ambled around the patio.  The chaste tree is blooming.  There have been buds on the sakaki bush for weeks but they haven't opened.  The gardenias are still perfuming the yard.