Quiet

The sky was blue but then overcast spread from the North.  The regular feeder birds were hungry. Late morning, the doves and the Carolina wren showed up.  The wasps and bees were back. 

Some glimmers of sunshine at lunch encouraged skinks.  A variegated fritillary and a black swallowtail visited.  I rescued a tiger moth from the pool. Eaten acorns kept dropping into the water.  Great egrets fished along the creek.  I heard blue jays and crows squalling.  K rehung the hummer feeder.

Heavy clouds swept through from the West and a sprinkle of rain fell after 4pm.  One of swallowtail caterpillars wandered around the patio changing direction repeatedly.  I don't know if it was looking for another parsley plant or a place to hang its chrysalis.  At some later moment the rain became heavier and steady.  The evening gloom arrived early.