The purslane (Portulaca) responded to the sunshine with an explosion of orange flowers. But the bees and wasps and even a black swallowtail preferred the inconspicuous mountain mint flowers.
I "rescued" a frog and a skink both of which did their best to evade me. A honeybee, a cricket , a tiny black spider, small wasps, and beetles were more cooperative. I made the frog and the skink pose.
A few dragonflies were around, including a Needham's skimmer that never landed. The beautyberry bush had little green berries. The neighbor's elderberry was loaded with purple fruit. A big carpenter bee pollinated the ground cherry's bell-shaped flowers. The butterfly milkweed had a new pod. The Argiope had a fine new web. A couple of skinks went chasing through the mulch. Later, one crossed the steps.
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