The day began and ended in overcast, but in between the sky was intensely blue and the air warm. Despite the wind, there were lots of butterflies. I saw a monarch, a cloudless sulphur, a palamedes swallowtail, and several smaller brownish orange butterflies.And two tiny caterpillars on the rue. A sizable dragonfly buzzed me a couple of times. The rue attracted a variety of wasps. A skink chased another across the lower patio.
Birds were more scarce. A titmouse had seeds for breakfast. Outside, I startled a male cardinal when I moved. A couple of blue jays chased through the trees. A downy woodpecker flew into the dogwood but flew back out almost immediately. And high overhead, a swallow fought the headwind.
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