Spicebush swallowtail

Morning was heavily overcast but no rain fell.  We certainly didn't need any more!  A bucket that was outside collected about three inches.  A Carolina wren came for suet and was photobombed by a chickadee.  A titmouse got seeds and suet.  The argiope spider went walkabout and I wasn't able to locate it. 

At lunch, a dark swallowtail fell in love with the butterfly milkweed flowers.  It danced around them and vibrated with desire.  I think it was a spicebush swallowtail!  The sky cleared in the afternoon and at last I got a swim.  Plenty of plant detritus and some beetles were floating, mainly because the water level was at the top of the skimmer.  Dragonflies were on patrol.  Bees and wasps feasted on mountain mint.