The thermometer was stuck at 99° for hours. A dragonfly perched on the topmost pine candle. It might have been a bar-winged skimmer. I found the gladiolus at the far end of the pool. Goslings paraded up the creek. While in the pool I rescued a bumblebee, innumerable beetles, and an earwig.
I saw dragonflies in flight with spotted wings and wasted camera pixels trying to catch them. A cicada started its buzz and woke the dog who looked all around for the source of the alarm. An ant found a defunct beetle and proudly carried it off. An egret stalked upstream along the bulkhead. I saw a night heron fly over. Either vegetation got in the way, or birds refused to pose today
As the fireflies came out, clouds covered the sky, then a little after 8pm, they turned yellow and orange and tore apart. I thought the show was over and then fat raindrops began to fall. Not long after I went inside, I started to hear thunder. The temperature dropped twenty degrees.
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