It was very hot and humid, but windy. Around mid morning I saw something moving in the expansion joint in the pool patio. A skink emerged and peered into the water, then disappeared. But I saw no ripples.A tiger swallowtail laid eggs all over the cherry tree. A male widow skimmer made forays from the bamboo perch. Tiny, foolish skinks were everywhere - eggs must have hatched.
In the afternoon, huge cumulus clouds raced out of the Southwest, thundering as they passed, but I saw no lightning, and about five drops of rain. I spent a lot of pixels on the sunbeams and shadows the clouds made. An osprey in the opposite direction under the clouds.
The chaste tree had begun to bloom. I inspected the figs and found a couple that looked edible. There were still a lot of small green figs, but I've no idea if the wasps that fertilize figs linger into August. However,it was good that I looked because I found a spiny orbweaver inside the curtain of leaves.A damselfly watched from the edge of the pool as I rescued a honeybee. A very dead frog was in the pool skimmer and a small dead skink on the bottom of the pool. It wasn't the one I saw peering into the pool in the morning. A tattered slaty skimmer replaced the widow skimmer.
As I was dripping off, I saw a second argiope in the spartina. It was wrapping up dinner at the center of an immense web. A dragonfly patrolled the water's edge, but I couldn't be sure what kind it was. It had spotted wings and might by a twelve spotted skimmer. A yellow crowned night heron lurked by the dock.The last cloud sailed over about 5pm but the wind didn't cease. Hummers had a hard time between the wind and the feeder without perches. Not to mention all the chickadees that flew too close. One gave up and tried to find a flower, but the roses were too chewed up. A Carolina wren poked around in the rosemary but ignored the mealworms. It was still hot after dark. I saw a few firefly flashes but nothing like June. After midnight, we finally got a thunderstorm.
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