It was cooler in the park...

The sun was a big orange ball in the hazy sky.

The miserable heat of yesterday took a toll. We accomplished little - a few appointments. This morning promised a cooler start anyway so we four* headed to the park.

And it was cooler in the park.

We often notice a drop in temperature as we head down the hill. It is cooler in the green, by the river.

Paddy spied a small green anole and gave chase as far as the leash allowed. She also found the stickerburs growing at the edge of the parking lot.

The ground is cracking. Some creature left a hole near the once full drainage ditch. "I wonder what made that hole," I murmured.** "Whatever it was, we don't need to find it," DH responded.

Cracks not yet large enough to lose a dog in, but wide enough to trip one.

The hole is about two inches in diameter. That would be some big earthworm.

The mesquite trees are still blooming. The bees have found them.

Mesquite blossoms.

Don't be messin' with the bees. This guy was so focused on the bloom that he ignored the photographer.

NOTES:

*We tried (in vain) to teach the cat to walk "on leash." We jokingly discuss taking him "for a drag." If you have an untrained cat, you know what I mean. We gave up.

**There are few blossoms right now - wild petunias, tiny blue day flowers (widow's tears), purple leatherflower and the like. I noted silver-leaved nightshade plants, but no flowers - yet. It is a strange year. Few things are growing or blooming according to past  "schedules."