Yep, susan, here is a sunflower and it's bee. This approx. 4x8 spot where DH cleans out the bird feeders onto a weed dumping area out back has yielded a beautiful bunch of sunflowers. Some are at least 8 foot tall.

Such curious creatures, those dragon- and damselflies! They are so odd looking, almost unrealistic, more like a piece of jewelry. Such different colors too. Interesting. Nicole, I love your hummer today. This is a side I haven't seen before and I do love his tummy ruff. Cool stuff.

This year I'm trying again to grow the Asclepia tuberosa (orange), bought from a local nursery. Seems I don't have much luck, perhaps it's where I try to grow them. I have a tall stemmed variety with the pink blooms in the orchard by the pergola, it has been happy there for quite a few years. The milkweed with the large pods that one sees growing along the roads in the ditches etc, is the type I have the most of. It grows by the edge of the yard by the field. Mostly the black and orange bugs cover the blooms, rarely do I see a Monarch! One day I hope to find cats.

Agapanthas "Twister" that I planted yesterday. Now I'm not sure it was a wise thing to do as I'm reading they can grow very wide. Guess I should have read the tag better instead of being swept away by the blooms!