Another woods-edge maple has gone red. Bouncing bet still blooms beside the porch, four months on.
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Hazy but not yet hot. Hummingbirds circle the soapwort patch, as if following the red threads of bindweed.
Sunlight dulled by high haze. A squirrel in the garden grooms its genitals, then pulls a soapwort blossom close for an almost-kiss.