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

30 June 2022 (haze)

afternoon haze . . .

local strawberries

right out of the box

29 June 2022 (clouds)

dawdling clouds

the usual woodchuck

grazes the lawn’s edge

28 June 2022 (stars)

pairs of stars

shining through the leaves . . .

night monkeys

(inspired by an image in my Nature Conservancy calendar)

27 June 2022 (storm)

approaching storm

the whitecaps

of field daisies

26 June 2022 (eggs)

a clutch of eggs

under the broody hen

early morning heat