At breakfast I noticed a spiderweb glittering in the low-angle sunlight. Then I was away all morning. When I looked at the car temperature it was 107
°F.
A male goldfinch came for a drink from the hummer feeder at lunch. There was a hummer chase, but most of the birds must have been too hot to eat. Butterflies were out, however. I saw a
cloudless sulphur, an
orange sulphur, a black swallowtail, and a buckeye. I could not locate the argiope down in the spartina, but I did see a four spotted pennant obelisking in the heat.
We picked figs in the late afternoon, competing with wasps, honeybees, and flies. A yellow dragonfly patrolled over the garden bench but that didn't help us. After that, I finally got into the water where I rescued a couple of bees I suspect had had too much fig juice. The rosemary began blooming again recently and that too attracted bees. Hummers fought over their feeder at supper. I startled a night heron on the dock.
At breakfast I noticed a spiderweb glittering in the low-angle sunlight. Then I was away all morning. When I looked at the car temperature it was 107°F. 
A male goldfinch came for a drink from the hummer feeder at lunch. There was a hummer chase, but most of the birds must have been too hot to eat. Butterflies were out, however. I saw a cloudless sulphur, an orange sulphur, a black swallowtail, and a buckeye. I could not locate the argiope down in the spartina, but I did see a four spotted pennant obelisking in the heat.
We picked figs in the late afternoon, competing with wasps, honeybees, and flies. A yellow dragonfly patrolled over the garden bench but that didn't help us. After that, I finally got into the water where I rescued a couple of bees I suspect had had too much fig juice. The rosemary began blooming again recently and that too attracted bees. Hummers fought over their feeder at supper. I startled a night heron on the dock. 
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