16 July 2024 (construction site)

construction site

before the workers

birdsong

15 July 2024 (an arctic tern)

an arctic tern

on an island of seaweed —

wind takes someone’s hat

14 July 2024 (terns dip)

terns dip

into a school of fish . . .

summer reverie

13 July 2024 (a dory adrift)

a dory adrift

in a sea of daisies

onshore breeze

12 July 2024 (island school)

one-room school

the door frame filled

with penciled heights

11 July 2024 (daylily sun)

daylily sun . . .

the rooster crows

to his last days

10 July 2024 (summer heat)

summer heat . . .

ants cluster

on a melon rind

9 July 2024 (morning ferry)

morning ferry

porpoises slip in

and out of fog

8 July 2024 (a gull flies over)

a gull flies over

with a lobster claw

summer heat

7 July 2024 (new moon)

new moon

a luna moth clings

to the porch screen

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Take 2:

new moon a luna moth’s invisible pheromones

6 July 2024 (high noon)

high noon

a firefly pausing briefly

on a fern frond