This has to be my best barn find this year. Quilt barns are few and far between down here and I am always so happy to find one. I can't seem to get out on a pretty day at a good time when the sun is not straight up and glaring. But, a quilt barn on a hazy day is better than no barn at all.
Photo ops still few and far between, and mostly limited to the home grounds.
I'm grateful we have a good sized property and no neighbors to amuse with my squatting, bending, and sitting on the ground.
I did a little Googling and I'm calling these "blue-winged wasps". They have a scientific name, but that's much to hard for my retired, keep-it-simple mind. They feed on grubs and do not usually sting.
Robins are plentiful at our place, as they are everywhere else, I'm sure. They have built a nest on the support underneath our deck and with a flashlight I can see pretty little blue eggs through the crack between planks. They are always perched close by, and it is easy to get some fairly close shots. So . . . I have a ton of photos of Robins. And I can't tell a male from a female.
We didn't have a summer garden this year, but Hubby has planted greens.
That is cotton behind him (not ours). Most of it is shoulder height, but I understand that cotton is way behind this year due to our cooler, wetter summer weather. Last year at this time, those plants were full of bolls opening with white fluffy cotton. There are plenty of bolls out there, but very few of them are opening. Hopefully, there is still time to get a decent crop.