Except for the vegetarians at the party nearly everyone tried the zombie arms. In past years I would make 2 tenderloin "arms" and would use chicken wings for the fingers, and often they'd be gone even before all the guests had arrived. This year I used 4 tenderloins, and cut one up to make the hands. I also made my truly deviled eggs, and set them out, turned to get the camera and already a couple were gone. meanwhile in the other room the witch sisters were getting no takers for their unicorn soup and hot toaddys.

The Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle, a good garden friend. Seeing very few of them this year. Casey, love that blue-eyed grass. It is one of those little things in nature that very few people notice. It grew in a few places around the yard at our Ohio home some 40 years ago. Haven't seen it since then.

The 4th of July festivities have been so much fun in Philadelphia. Here's the Philadelphia Orchestra playing live to cheering thousands at Penn's Landing. It was fantastic! Spectacular fireworks after the show Happy early birthday America!

Those berries are from Proven Winners, Amethyst™ Coral Berry Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii. Picture was taken yesterday and it is nice used in arrangements.