July 18. My Butterfly Bush is in full bloom and starting to attract butterflies. Still much more scarce than in prior years.
July 19. Micrathena spider on my porch. Usually a few of these move in each summer. They have hard spiked abdomens - very strange but cool.
July 20. This juvenile Robin sat in the butterfly bush and cheeped for well over an hour. Its mother finally came for him.
