Bright sun

The just-past-full moon was bright in the West as the sun turned the few clouds pink. It looks like summer, but it is cold and still breezy.

Doves showed up on the patio.  Gulls and egrets are fighting the winds aloft.  The yellow jackets are very busy repairing their nest but I see no other insects.

Mushrooms abound.  There are jelly ears, puffballs, russulas and more.  The saltbush, or groundsel, is releasing its seeds on the wind.  I tied up the beaten-down sunflowers. 

This afternoon, the cream puff cumulus congealed into overcast.