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 Fred's ashes back to the sea Photo-bomber Not my grandmother's plate Some warbler Next-door cat Crowing "I ate a peanut" The times, they are a-changin. Maybe we were channeling some 1970s film I'm a sucker for the moon Surprise Antares Nearly first quarter 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