Although it did not rain in the morning and the wind blew, the humidity kept surfaces from drying. The day never got very warm and the rain returned in the afternoon. Fortunately I got outside early, did some yard work and went for a swim. I found some peculiar eggs (?) in the mulch. I moved a tiny caterpillar to the butterfly milkweed, hoping it would fare better than the bigger one that disappeared. The two caterpillars on the far side of the pool were munching away.
I twice rescued a woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata) along with a wasp and a snail. Only the snail posed. A gray mushroom popped up halfway down the hill. The mountain mint was still popular. A brown thrasher with a very short tail fed on bark butter. A Carolina wren waited beneath for the bigger bird to leave. Hummers were too hungry to worry about other birds. Titmice came at supper.
The tide ran very high for three days before the new moon. A bumblebee appeared to be buzz pollinating the ground cherries. It then landed on a wet hackberry branch and slid off.
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