Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Rainy solstice

It just didn't seem right to have gray skies all day on the longest day.  Yesterday was gloomy too and felt chilly despite being in the 70s.  Slugs feasted on the rue.  I rescued a lot of scarab beetles and saw a damselfly while I was swimming.  The mockingbird was a regular presence.  It didn't like getting wet. 

A couple of downy woodpeckers squabbled over the disappearing suet.  A blue jay found the re-hydrated mealworms in the dangling blue dish.  The female pileated woodpecker helped the suet disappear. 

Between the wind and the moon phase, the  tide was exceptionally high.  After dark, fireflies were out.  


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