Florence, that's wonderful news! Sometimes just a couple of nights away can put a new perspective on things, even if just to make you appreciate home more :) I'm really happy for you, you deserved a break. I hope this epidural continues to resolve some of the problems!

Just a guess....Gypsy Moth caterpillars?

OK, it was only last night that I discovered this was garlic mustard. Tonight I came home to an excellent pesto over pasta, cooked by my ever-resourceful hubby, using the garlic mustard, as we had almost no fresh basil. It was great! I'm not saying this is not an invasive weed that still needs to be eradicated, or at least checked, but you might as well eat it while you're getting rid of it. Here's the recipe my hubby came up with -- the remainder of this post is from him: For this recipe, you need to pull the plant by the root, because the taproot is one of the ingredients: Pull a sufficient number of plants to get about a cup of leaves (six or so ought to do it), rip 'em off the stem, wash them thoroughly and set this aside. Then take the taproots, chop up enough to get about three tablespoons, and wash them as well. Take about four cloves of garlic, chopped, the chopped taproots, the leaves from the plant, about a quarter cup of pecans (you can use pine nuts if you're a traditionalist, but because of the vaguely Southern piquant taste of the leaves, pecans work really well). Toss in about two tablespoons of dried parsley, the same amount of dried basil, the same amount of Pecorino or Romano, and salt and pepper to taste. Dump everything in a food processor or blender. Now pulverize it, drizzling in olive oil as you go until it reaches your desired pesto consistency. (I like mine a little on the light side, which goes better with pasta.) Voila. By the way, this is not only a delicious way to get rid of an invasive weed, it's also chock full of vitamins A and C. This can be refrigerated for up to 10 days.

That looks like the hubcap of your car. see the lugnuts toward the bottom? Another beauty is long pond.