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 Just dropping behind a neighbour's house Chickadee in the chuckleypears Sunflower looking up Pink Cedar waxwing Lemonade stand 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