Tuesday’s Tidbits, With Coffee! #25

Good morning to all of you on this very hot Tuesday! So far it is not so bad, but that temperature will rise and rise. Outside it does not feel so bad, even when it gets hot, but inside is a different story. Yesterday the temperature was about 110F (43C) inside, and it will likely be worse today. Poor Muffin. She just lay on the floor where she could get a nice breeze from the fans.

This morning, at 4:30am, I got up since Muffin was awake. It had cooled down to 85F (about 30C), so she wanted breakfast, then some play time. I was surprised she had so much energy, but it is good for her to get some exercise, and that was the best time to do it.

GPS decided to lie down and relax for a bit.

I had an early breakfast too, then went outside to see if I could get some pictures. I was just about to open the gate to get off my deck and a butterfly landed right beside my hand. Amazing. And it was one I did not have a picture of yet, so, I got the camera focused on it and…it flew away. I did see it again a while later, but was still unable to get a picture of it since it was just too high in the Japanese Ivory Silk Lilac Tree.

Then he went back to filling his cheeks with sunflower seeds.

Those trees are in full bloom right now and look so beautiful with those huge clusters of ivory flowers. They are full of bees too, and wasps, and flower flies, and some butterflies too. I did get pics of two different butterflies, but both had damaged wings unfortunately. Three other butterflies managed to stay out of reach for my camera.

Most of the flowers are quite high in the trees, but there are a few lower down, so that is my best chance for getting pics. So I stand there and wait. And wait. Finally a butterfly landed after nearly 20 minutes. I was about to take a pic and another butterfly, different species, came along and the two butterflies got into a fight and both flew away. No picture. Sigh. But I did get it later, plus some other insects.

Junior munching on some grass. You can see the little knobs on his head, the beginnings of his new antlers.

I missed some interesting looking insects too. Perhaps later. The insects seem to disappear for the afternoon, though a few stay around. I got some pics of GPS, one of my chipmunks, plus some pics of Junior, one of the deer that come around here. He is just starting to get his new antlers. Actually, I do not think it was Junior, but he was friendly, so I called him Junior even though the real Junior is larger.

He is chewing on some grass again, with his mouth open.

Anyway, he was quite happy munching on the long grass behind the garage. I decided not to have coffee this morning, I was too hot already, so I opted for water instead. I did not drink enough liquids yesterday and it affected me. Well, I hope you are having a terrific (Muffin says meowific) Tuesday and God bless!

Steve and Muffin (who is sleeping now)

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