Cedar waxwing Pink Nearly first quarter Antares Surprise I'm a sucker for the moon Maybe we were channeling some 1970s film The times, they are a-changin. Third-quarter Noon Moon Dock King Billy butterfly The blackberries offering themselves to the bees Skipper doing his Narcissus thing Four-spot friend to all humankind Chuckleypear fungus Tricolored bumblebee The unbidden Yellow birds are all yellow-hammers Not much wind Underside of a miller Tended Bluet damselfly Bloomed for her birthday Bernlaws, sternlaws and post-prandial fire Not-wasp "wasp" Hoisted The apple swells So, THAT is why. . . Bluejay, nutted, unfazed by the dahlia Rain ending Day Moon over neighbours' trees Freshly opened but facing away A dahlia, I think Young bird in the apple Wine gift They were there Clintonia Rhododendron Number Two Junco nest Starling Currants gone gaudy Rhodora Backyard mooning and starring Bag of tools Moustachioed junco nest-building