A Carolina wren came fro breakfast and carried off a bark butter ball. Then I was busy cooking. At lunch time the osprey landed in its favorite spot in the pine tree (where I can't see it after it lands). The blue jays were in the cherry tree again, but out of sight. I saw one hummer drive another away from the feeder. A couple of egrets passed overhead on their way home for the night.
A squirrel struck a goofy pose on the feeder hanger and didn't even try to raid the feeder. One of the two new lavenders began blooming,
fortunately since the older lavender stopped. The wind hurried many
cumulus clouds across the sky to the ENE. Some looked like they might
rain, but they didn't. The clouds did serve as shade from the intense
sunlight. Toward evening a white glaze spread slowly Eastward across
the sky as lower clouds hurried in the same direction.
I found a small caterpillar (I think) on a violet leaf that I saw a variegated fritillary egging. A black swallowtail laid eggs on the rue. I also glimpsed what I thought was a snout butterfly on the mint. Bees and wasps were delighted with the flowers. Alas, so were the Japanese beetles with the roses and hibiscus. A sidewalk tiger beetle dashed at me. I found a small spider, probably a jumper, on a wall.
The day long parade of dragonflies started with a bar winged skimmer. A four spotted pennant was up atop the oak again. The wind gusts moved the tree and blurred photos. A female Needham's skimmer perched and later a male swooped over the deep end of the pool. A Halloween pennant used the topmost pine candle as a perch for hours, despite gusts that made it an amusement park ride. As always, there were plenty of blue dashers perched near the ground. A male widow skimmer paused briefly on a perch. In the evening, at least three 12 spotted skimmers zipper around the open air between the house and the trees. That's when the Halloween pennant finally disappeared. It's also when the cicadas finally tuned up. And soon there were fireflies.
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