Friday, July 21, 2017

Hot and sticky

I nearly melted while picking figs. After that I headed for the water, and saw a damselfly that looked like a male blue-fronted dancer resting on the concrete.  The water was full of goose feathers and June beetles.  I also rescued a cricket and a grasshopper.

There were lots of busy wasps and dragonflies and sidewalk tiger beetles.  The chaste tree looked like it could bloom any time. Crows set up a fuss.  A hummer came to the fresh feeder.  A mockingbird called from the hackberry and then four birds moved off West into the pines. 

A Carolina saddlebage patrolled the patio as we ate lunch.  Blue dashers occupied every vertical perch.  The black skipper returned to the mint as did a pearl crescent butterfly. Around 2pm, I saw a widow skimmer.


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