Record high!

Somehow yesterday got away from me.   Low tide at breakfast was glass smooth.  Later, the wind ruffled the surface.  The female red belly enjoyed fresh seeds.  Both pileateds visited the suet.  A white throat looked for crumbs of suet.  A mockingbird wondered why the dish feeders were empty.  Cardinals were billing and chirping.  Sunset painted tangerine clouds on a lavender sky.  I looked for the moon but couldn't find it.

The creek was not in a reflective mood at Monday breakfast.   I filled the dishes with barkbutter balls and soon there were blue jays.  The female downy seemed to have acquired a taste for seeds.  A white breasted nuthatch was next, then the red belly.  Cabbage whites flitted around the plants.  Even the sycamore and the beautyberry were leafing out.  I planted parsley and zinnia seeds in anticipation of evening rain.  Blue eyed grass and coral lilies started to bloom.  The thermometer registered 90° which beat the previous record by 2°!   Thank goodness I got "no melt" suet.  When we ate supper outside, the temperature had dropped to 85° and there was a nice breeze.  But an hour of so later, the predicted storm was on its way and the temperature went down to 62° overnight.