Yesterday didn't happen - I didn't take a single photo. Actually, The pool was being uncovered which scared off the wildlife. Plus I was busy preparing to give my opinion to the school board. I was busy today too, but the time I was able to spend in observation was rewarding. Morning was lovely. The creek glowed with reflected sunshine. Bluebirds popped up soon after I filled the feeder dishes. The female pileated woodpecker returned.
A frog moved into the pool. The yellow cat came by and noticed the frog, but of course there was all that water between them. Later I startled the frog into a dive. Up close, the water was dusty with pollen.
While the frog hid, the butterfly caught my attention. It was a tiger swallowtail trying to suck nourishment out of dead azalea flowers. I don't know why it ignored the money plant and the irises. A blue jay loitered in the trees. The first daylily bloomed.
As I ate lunch, a brown headed nuthatch drank from the ant moat. The bluebirds were back. A mockingbird demanded a share of the mealworms but there wasn't much left. The pileated female wanted more suet. Sunset was a brilliantly glowing haze without discrete clouds, just fingers of colored light reflected in the creek.
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