Great pics, and I love to watch the little critters that visit the gardens! I spend hours contorting myself into strange positions to get pictures of the pollinators and other visitors. At first, the bees or butterflies seem skittish when I first appear, but after a few minutes, they seem to get used to this big human creature with a camera. They let me get very close sometimes. Here are a couple of the assorted bees that come to pollinate - Yesterday was very exciting, a female Monarch was alternating between nectaring and laying eggs on the Asclepias tuberosa and incarnata. Here she is nectaring - And here she is laying an egg - Can you spot the butterfly in this picture? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oh, here she is!

So it is a girl!!!!! I wouldn't have guessed yellowthroat but now I see the females lack the mask. Yellowthroats seem especially vulnerable to window crashes.

With all due respect, I'd have to say ignore it, put it behind you and don't bring it up. I say that after years and years of dealing with the men in my family who NEVER, EVER apologize, never learn, and never forgive. They just move on. Not very good behavior, but they also NEVER change so not anything I can do about it. If I bring a problem up again, it just starts the battle all over again--every time. Just move on and forget it and hope they do too. Some people will admit their wrong, change, etc., but if they are not these kind of people, don't cast your pearls before swine. Just be nice and kind, which is what anyone would strive for, turn the other cheek. You can't "fix" things all the time, much as we would like to. With some people yes, but with some people no and you just have to let go and let "You Know Who" take care of the rest!

I tried the deveils food and it had little chips of chocolate in the mix. It was good but needed the ice cream I served on top of it. Next time I think I will sprinkle a little Dutch cocoa into the mix to make it a darker chocolate. It baked into a small, moist milk chocolate cake.