Blues

Blue sky, bluebirds, blue jays, blue butterfly and dragonfly, and a blue tailed skink.  The sky was hazy, with some clouds.  A blue jay glared at me when it found the mealworm dish empty.  I refilled it and the jay came back very quickly to gobble up the bugs.  The female bluebird was also very hungry and let me know it.  Titmice carried on at the seed feeder along with cardinals and chickadees. A hummer visited her feeder. 

While we ate lunch, the young skink explored around the top step.   Afterward an egret fished under the bulkhead.  I heard lots of birds that refused to become visible.  The people across the creek must have let their dog out because all the geese, protesting loudly, jumped off the bulkhead into the creek.  Some mallards accompanied them.  I saw a little blue butterfly that wouldn't stop for a picture.  A gorgeous young male Eastern pondhawk perched around the patio while a great blue skimmer occupied a more distant perch.  A male hummer flitted around the Mexican sage but I wasn't fast enough for a photo. 

We went to an outdoor wedding at the Hermitage on the Lafayette River.  The grounds were hosting a display of sculptures from Burning Man.  A brown thrasher hunted bugs in the grass where the cars parked.  It was a perfect day for an outdoor ceremony, with birdsong and a gentle breeze off the river.  Sunset was pastel but vivid.  And there were fireflies.