For a day that was supposed to be gray and wet, there was a lot of sunshine and warmth. A breeze felt nice and didn't disturb the reflections on the creek. The tree colors were visibly further along but there was still plenty of green. But the hibiscus lost almost all its leaves. A berry-eating bird mooned me but I can't identify it from that angle. Finally, a female downy woodpecker discovered the suet.
I puttered around in the yard planting strawberries and pulling up oak seedlings. Wasps were still active, especially yellow jackets enjoying the camellias. I saw spider threads floating on the breeze, but not the spiders. An egret stood on top of the bulkhead admiring its reflection.
A bluebird watched from the top of the redwood. First gulls, then swallows zipped across the sky too fast for my camera. A mockingbird stayed hidden while eating dogwood berries till finally it forgot to be cautious. The milkweed seeds stayed in their pods waiting for what to change in the weather? Blue jays were still hunting acorns. The red aster appeared to be finished flowering.
While admiring the beautyberries, I spotted a huge insect that turned out to be a wheelbug. I didn't recognize it at first because the abdomen was swollen. Eggs? The camera ran out of juice but the bug waited patiently till I came back with a fresh battery. Then it slowly made its way onto a different leaf with twigs in the way.
Rows of little cotton-fluff cumulus clouds replaced the cirrus wisps and ushered in a wall of solid overcast around 4pm. After the tricker-treaters had gone home, I tried to take pictures of the first quarter moon through gaps in the overcast. The photos were so bad I'm tempted to pass them off as Halloween ghosts.
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