Shining (soft) Light on the Prairie

Meteorological Summer

Considering these last three days we've kissed 90 degrees Fahrenheit, science would seem to have it about right, this time.

Except a week ago when on a soggy morning I went land looking at a local prairie remnant, sustenance for summer's pollinators proved scant.

What I found instead on a soft morning before the rains returned was leftover brown being overwhelmed by spring green.

Resolute green, even...

All manner of green.

Sigh.

Early bees and butterflies are out & about around our garden, where lupine rage in full bloom and the chives are lavender bolted.

Yet out on the remnant just a few days ago, seasonal abundance remained reticent.

Pending.

Impressionistic.

If such a thing can be said about real life.

While walking, I spotted nary a butterfly nor a bee. 1^st of the year mosquitoes however, were abundant.

I'll take that as a sure sign.