July sightings:
A porcupine, quills bristling, shuffling down a path with its legs spread wide, as if he were wearing a pair of too-tight pants.
Last season's fawns, now filled out and grown up, their baby spots faded to a copper sheen.
Snapping turtles, as big as hubcaps.
Spring tadpoles, now July's bullfrogs, as wide as a man's hand, happy to stay up late, burping and thrumming.
Swallows, diving and careening like drunks.
Squirrels, so fat they have the beginnings of double chins, yet...