Clouds

At breakfast a bald male cardinal showed up.  He was not either of the two that keep chasing each other.  One of the bi-color daylilies survived the trenching and bloomed this morning.

We had rain at lunch.  A punk female cardinal showed up.  A hummer preened in the dogwood.  The orchard spider had not moved. 

Some of the goslings were beginning to show adult color patterns though they were still much smaller.  I heard and then saw swallows hunting above the trees.  There were butterflies, but they were small and not very colorful. 

Toward evening, two titmice came for seeds.  The hummer and the bald cardinal were back.  The sky was clear and dragonflies flew reconnaissance at treetop height.  Surprisingly, the moon helped me photograph them.  On the other hand, trying to photograph the fireflies was futile.