When I got up the other day, my cats were in a tizzy. They prowled the foyer, gazing upward, on alert. A moth had gotten in. You can find moths almost anywhere. They show up on your screen doors. They flutter around your porch lights. They sip nectar from flowers. They get trapped in spiders’…

Yesterday afternoon, amid a misting rain, my garden inhabitants went about their business. With summer’s heat and a first cold snap behind them, I imagine they relished the coolness and the damp. As I trimmed and tidied, I tried not to disturb them. It wasn’t always easy. They hid well. A lizard perched motionless amid…