An orange butterfly flew up over the house. My impression was fritillary, not monarch. I also glimpsed a red spotted purple. Only one of the big caterpillars was still visible. But the Argiope caught a milkweed bug. Curiously, the grown-from-seed tropical milkweed has been bug free thus far. And the aphids were gone from it as well. Only crickets and beetles needed rescue from the water, but there was a drowned skink in the skimmer.
Other skinks were safe on dry land. A fungus popped up at the base of the oak, same as last year. The beauty berries looked luscious. Mallards were bathing on the creek. Cormorants flew over. A hummer visited the feeder but did not stay. Crows were up in the oak and I suspect they were snacking on acorns. They may have intimidated the blue jays because those were absent. Two chickadees seemed to have a feud - siblings?
The moon was stuck in the trees, but Mars, I think, was visible to the South over the house. I found a really cool website with sliders to show where each planet would be according to the time. As the centaurs would say, "Mars is bright tonight."
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