Calamity! The suet was empty, the barkbutter balls were soggy, and the sugar water was diluted. The downy woodpecker couldn't believe it. Titmice didn't care. A blue Jay discovered that soggy barkbutter balls had to be eaten one at a time. The bird was none too pleased.
A neighbor called for help and on my way back home I saw that there were ripe figs so I picked a handful. Then I noticed how ripe the yellow bell peppers had gotten so I tried to pick the small one and pulled off half the plant, including the big pepper. The figs were delicious. I haven't figured out what I want to do with the peppers yet.
The Hymenoptera kept the mountain mint humming. Mosquitoes were thick but I only saw a couple of dragonflies. The caterpillar I transferred to the milkweed across the pool must have been satisfied as the plant was half eaten. There was a drowned pink caterpillar in the water, but I don't know if it was pink in life. I was just thinking that I hadn't seen any org webs when I noticed one next to the hibiscus. It looked like an Argiope. .
K went to the garden center and came home with two big pots of portulaca. Most of our summer flowers were finished blooming. K had gotten supplies to try "air layering" to convert a branch into a miniature tree. An egret preened on a dock piling. Huge cumulus clouds built up in the South and then spread across the sun. It appeared to me that the tops of the clouds were being blown away. I got a glimpse but no picture of two swallows.
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