20 July 2022 (sultry)

sultry afternoon the musk of crushed marigolds

19 July 2022 (river glare)

river glare . . .

everyone’s talking about

the heat

18 July 2022 (rain on my face)

rain on my face . . .

the chitter of chimney swifts

too high to see

17 July 2022 (heat)

morning heat

a fly lands on the fan

of iris leaves

16 July 2022 (cool of dawn)

cool of dawn . . .

two crows pick their way

across the yard

15 July 2022 (mowing)

first mowing

a vulture circles

over the hayfield

14 July 2022 (moonset)

moonset

a touch of ocean

in the damp air

13 July 2022 (full moon)

full buck moon

our backyard becomes

a glade

12 July 2022 (storm front)

storm front

the day lilies bend

before it

11 July 2022 (prickly)

the prickly state of the globe thistle

10 July 2022 (Sunday)

Sunday sun

Japanese beetles mate

on the basil