A monarch arrived early before the sun touched the milkweed. Skippers were attracted to the portulaca. A wasp bumbled into the spiderweb at the upper corner of the door, but managed to free itself. Much later a beautifully green, female Eastern Pondhawk landed on the chair. Blue dashers and other species were around. A big, bird grasshopper hung around the patio for quite a while.
The volunteer portulaca looked like it was carefully planted. And finally the scarlet climber produced a red bud. A mushroom with a gray cap sprouted under the sakaki. Amazingly, the denuded parsley might make a few seeds.
The hummers had a glaring duel. The male goldfinch came to his hanging water dispenser. Blu jays happily sneaked bark butter balls. An egret waited below the dam. The creek surface was quiet.
Clouds gathered and retreated till evening when they merged into overcast and brought an early twilight.. Rain fell here but not at my meeting.
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