Titmice and Carolina wrens got up early to beat the heat. The goldfinch pair came along shortly after. A hummer gulped down sugar water. I swam in the morning while there was shade. Spiders were everywhere around the pool. So were brown June beetles.
At lunch time a flock of crows gathered. I saw 102° on the outside thermometer. The mountain mint was crowded with the usual wasps and bees and skippers. A female widow skimmer used the bamboo perch. In the late afternoon I saw a dark dragonfly in the shade. It may have been a slaty skimmer. A duskywing joined the mountain mint diners.
The goldfinches returned in the afternoon. I checked on my Argiope spiders but only saw one.. Their webs were fresh and beginning to look more traditional. Fiery skippers visited the mountain mint. A blue dasher used a dried gladiolus stalk as a perch. Down on the creek, an egret fished.
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