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A Carolina wren came early on a hot, dry day with not a lot to observe.  The Argiope web caught the sun.  Clouds blew fast out of the West.  Titmice made frequent visits and one explored the garden tools right outside the window.  It found a snack there although it looked like a leaf to me.  

Nothing needed rescuing from the water.  Only one blue dasher was visible.  An orange butterfly flew past me while I was in the water so I couldn't tell if it was a monarch or a fritillary.  Later a black swallowtail  flitted around. A skink took a notion to climb the bird feeder pole.  Bees and wasps crowded the mountain mint.  A fiery skipper joined them.  One leafcutter bee looked like a silver-gray honey bee.