The day was sunny and warm enough with a breeze and low humidity. In the morning the sky was so blue it seemed to have a tinge of purple. I found two live frogs and a dead amberwing dragonfly in the pool. A glass snail may have been estivating. A tiger swallowtail egged the cherry but I got only glimpses of other butterflies. The camera caught a snout and a mint moth. I heard a goldfinch and then it alighted for a drink. But the second I moved, it was gone. I fed a few peanuts to the squirrel with the tuft of pale hair. It had scratched bare spots around its neck, maybe warbles.
A blue dasher perched on the rosemary. One hummer vigorously defended "her feeders" from another. The mountain mint was no longer attracting pollinators and even the milkweed wasn't getting much attention except for very tiny insects. Cicadas sang at least three different tunes. I suppose I could use my phone to record and ID them. A Carolina wren indulged in barkbutter balls. A skink and I spotted each other on the steps and it disappeared immediately.
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