Sun

Dawn tinted clouds pink and  the creek mirrored them.  As the sun gilded the pines, they too were reflected in the water.  A dove poked through the mulch at breakfast.

The sun felt hot at lunchtime but the wind was cold.  It ruffled the water on the near side of the creek leaving the much smoother.   Bees enjoyed herb flowers.  Small yellow-brown insects flitted around the trees.  There were fresh spider threads on several plants.  Did some eggs hatch too soon?

Chickadees came for lunch.  One posed in the camellia.  Squirrels buried nuts and dug them back up.  Mallards and geese paddled on the creek and a great blue heron flew low overhead to land on a dock across the creek.

Cirrus clouds made fantastic brush strokes across the intensely blue sky.

The day ended as it began with pink cloud streaks, only in the West this time.