Drought?

On my way into Norfolk a little after sunrise, a big, pale full moon was barely visible in the West.  Coming home, as I drove into the driveway some sort of butterfly fluttered toward the blueberry patch.  A mockingbird, I think, flew across the driveway in front of the car and then flew back in front of it again.  When I looked at the back yard, chickadees were working on seeds.  I put barkbutter balls and grape jelly out in different dishes.  I meant to replace the hummer feeder contents - tomorrow.  

The new butterfly milkweed plant needed water so I moved it and the four caterpillars on it out front by the peppers.  Several peppers were ready to eat.  While out front I noticed a red banded leafhopper Graphocephala coccinea on one of K's bonsai trees. We have had no rain in October and it has been windy.  The last measurable rainfall occurred when Hurricane Helene hit the mountains at the end of September.