The wind was very strong. I decided it was safest to swim early before the heat brought out bloodsuckers. I rescued two bumblebees from the water, very carefully. Queen ants fell in, drowned, and bloated so their abdominal segments were visible. Sad but interesting. I also fished out another oriental beetle.
When I got out, an Eastern amberwing dragonfly was clinging to the mountain mint, but it didn't wait for me to get the camera. I found another infant Argiope spider, this one on the aster. The reddish slime mold looked shriveled. A larger dragonfly with dark eyes used a garden stake. It might have been a bar-winged skimmer but I didn't get a good look at the wings. A skink headed across the patio toward me, then noticed me. The thermometer registered 97
° but the wind made it bearable.
In the evening, I wasted pixels trying to capture a firefly. I finally got a golden streak.
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