Back into the furnace, 91° here. We really need rain. In May-early June, we had 10” of rain, less than a half inch since then.

Birds, flowers and a lonely bead tonight, a house finch and mate,

a red-breasted grosbeak and mate,

with a bill full of jelly,

2 baby barn swallows

a beautiful calla lily and day lilies,

and my lonely bead,