Jug Bay

We tried to go to Jug Bay and see all the butterflies we saw last year but it seems we were a little early -- the Joe Pye Weed hadn't quite opened up yet. However we saw a clearwing hummingbird moth:



And this nice buckeye:



And went we went for a swim there was a newly emerged dragonfly on the underside of the dock.

And there were lots of tasty blackberries.

Summer bounty

They're coming in faster than we know what to do with them now.

Our 11 babies

The two pet brown snakes were indeed mating and not fighting three months ago. Elizabeth was skeptical, but Matt kept the faith that babies were gonna arrive. And indeed, we became the godparents to 11 bouncing, slithering snakelets. They have now been released to eat slugs and worms in the garden.

Caesar, Chantarelles, and Oysters

After 13 inches of rain, Caesar's mushroom, oysters, and chantarelles were a couple of the edibles that popped up. Yum!