Thursday, June 21, 2018

Summer solstice

Officially it was about 6am EDT, but trees obstruct the horizon here, so the sun wasn't visible. I woke up before the moment, but went back to sleep. When i did get up, the sun spotlighted daylilies. The wrens stayed busy.  I think I saw three of them - odd.  A skink basked leaning on the garden hose. 

The saddlebags was back on top of the pine.  Blue dashers were still all over.  Both tiger and black swallowtails flitted around, as did a cabbage white.  Wasps were plentiful. 

A hummer tried to get nourishment from the gladiolus.  Two hummers chased each other.  Then the chickadees got into a fight. Gracious!  The rain overnight dissolved the bark butter balls but the sun and wind dried out the soup and left smaller nuggets behind.  Chickadees liked that but the blue jays, not so much.


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