11 July 2022 (prickly)

the prickly state of the globe thistle

10 July 2022 (Sunday)

Sunday sun

Japanese beetles mate

on the basil

9 July 2022 (meadow)

over the meadow

one dragonfly becomes six

high noon

8 July 2022 (rain)

summer rain . . .

a cardinal still singing

somewhere upriver

7 July 2022 (frit)

frittering away

my lunch hour

great spangled fritillary

6 July 2022 (cicada)

for a moment

I stop what I’m doing . . .

first cicada

5 July 2022 (midsummer)

midsummer viburnum

between flowers

and berries

4 July 2022 (poppy)

visiting

my neighbor’s peach-pink poppies

a honeybee and I

3 July 2022 (strawberries)

sun-warmed strawberries

the catbird fledgling

looks just like its parent

2 July 2022 (parking lot)

parking lot wildflowers . . .

I catch a dragonfly

with my phone

1 July 2022 (haze)

morning haze

peony ants circle

my cereal bowl