Yesterday afternoon I noticed a web under the front porch soffit of what is locally called a "zipper spider" - the yellow and black Argiope that is an intrepid day and nighttime hunter. The zigzag thing is extra silk (called a "stabilimentum") making these guys easy to spot. And there is a wasp today trying to build a nest about 12 inches to the left of that web. I'm thinking Darwin in the form of a hungry spider will take care of that wasp.

I await the arrival of a step-down brass ring or adapter I can use on the camera to add a couple of my existing specialty filters to the gear for the new camera. Once this is set up it's time for the next camera sale of the first big digital I used. Still works, has lots of pieces and parts, takes up a lot of space (relatively speaking for a camera).

This morning I started emptying one of the two 55+ gallon water tanks I have in the corner by my potting table. I'm going to reconfigure the setup, make it smaller. I may end up with an extra rain barrel to send to my daughter's house. With as many projects as she has going on up there, water sources need to be spread around. (And speaking of water - I just heard the village public works guy at the curb, checking on the readings of the newly installed water meter. I'll go take a look later to see if it has any symbols I should know about.)