Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Finally, after living here for decades, we joined.  So today we went for a walk in the afternoon under a haze-smeared sky and veiled sun.  Asters attracted fiery skippers, a variety of bees, and some hornets.  At least, I thought there was more than one but it was hard to tell.  The hornet hit flowers instead of landing on them and also threatened other insects.  A big, fuzzy, yellow bumblebee hovered around the giant hyssop but I couldn't get it in focus. 

We heard piercing bird calls that originated from mockingbirds. 

One posed on a rosebush and another on a roof finial.  Lake water was disturbed by many tiny wakes and rings.  I speculated that it was fish feeding time and just then a big on leaped out of the water.  We also saw a heap of black wing feathers and dark gray body feathers under a pine tree.