Spectacular dawn, wet day

Dawn was glorious, albeit warm and humid.  The last quarter moon overhead was surrounded by tinted clouds.  Not much occurred down on the ground.  A female cardinal with a beak not yet orange poked in the mulch.  White spot had a look too - she has more warbles.  An egret flew downstream.  And a spider popped up on the window frame. 

Bands of rain pushed through starting in the late morning.  In the intervals between there were glimmers of sunshine and the birds came out.  A couple of towhees argued in the dogwood.  A titmouse visited the feeder and doves the mulch.  Blue jays flew between the trees along with unidentified flying bugs. 

The wet put off the pool closing.  I rescued many spiders and some crickets though more had drowned, and yet another black caterpillar.  At twilight the clouds were moving North fast and there were some patches of sky and a hint of color.