Sunday, July 2, 2023

Hot and smoky

Dragonflies zipped around too fast to identify.  In fact, they seemed more like ripples in the fabric of reality than flying insects.  I tried catching them with the house wall as a background, but just got a blur.  Bees and wasps, leatherwing beetles, and a snout butterfly stuffed themselves on the mountain mint or rue. I glimpsed the damselfly but it disappeared.  Several of the usual beetles and a few wasps needed rescue from drowning.  The pool skimmer was full of bullfrog, the same one judging by its patterned skin. 

The heat was moderated by a strong breeze.  The goldfinches couldn't stay away from their sunflower.  I saw a male and a female hummer at the feeder.  When darkness fell, the local pyromaniacs began letting off their illegal fireworks.  The poor dog came and sat on my foot.  


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