The sky was broken overcast. The same birds greeted us this morning: Carolina wrens, a dove, and a titmouse joined cardinals and finches. There were juvenile cardinals again poking through the mulch.
The sky cleared during the morning. Over at the Kempsville Library I saw something strange scuttling across the sidewalk. It was two stinkbugs, gray above and red below, attached at their rears.
Back home, the chickadees were busy. A skink hustled over the steps. A swallowtail floated over the bushes.
I rescued a yellowjacket, a bumblebee, and a grasshopper from a watery grave, along with beetles. The bumblebee insisted on clinging to my finger, a weird mixed feeling of fear and comfort. Then the clouds rolled back in and the temperature dropped. A wasp wandered around the concrete, possibly following the trail of the caterpillar the other evening. An egret wandered around the dock. And then the sky cleared again.
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