Morning moon

A heavy dew condensed overnight.  I noticed when I went out to refill feeders and take pictures of the waning gibbous moon.  The day warmed up fast and the breeze was pleasant, not chilling.  The creek was a placid mirror most of the time.  Mallards scribbled on it with their wakes.  At lunch time gulls passed overhead.  A duskywing skipper landed on a violet leaf and appeared to be sipping sap from a damaged area.  Unfortunately, another leaf was in the way of a clear photo.  Among all the fluff blowing off the saltbush there was a small, pale butterfly like a summer azure.  It didn't perch and I wasted pixels trying to catch it in flight.  I also saw a cabbage white.  The beautyberries lost some of their beauty as they shriveled and got redder.  Wild cherry leaves turned yellow and made me think of fairy gold that reverts to leaves.