Honeybee

A coworker gave me some plants a few years back. She swore one of them was coleus, which should only grow a few inches tall. It was not coleus. It was giant, mutant, evil basil. I do not like basil. I can't stand the smell or the taste. Even pulling the babies in the spring grosses me out. This stuff is, I kid you not, 4-5 feet tall. And now it's flowering, which I KNOW, I KNOW means it will just spread more. But in order to pull it, I have to smell it, which I'm not willing to do. Someday it will take over so thoroughly that I will be forced to move.

The bees like it, though.

Sedum is Blooming

Monarch

Ladybug and Milkweed

Black Eyed Susan and Pet Spider

Every year, a funnel weaver sets up shop in the corner of my patio door frame. I leave her alone. I figure she's not hurting anything, and she eats lots of bugs.

From the Back Field

Black Eyed Susan

Yes, I am obsessing about it.

Unfurling

Black Eyed Susan

Slowly but surely, the sunflowers are starting to unfurl.

Hydrangeas

These aren't mine. They're growing behind the library. I saw them while I was out walking yesterday.

Bee

Echinacea

I was late to work today. Woke up with a migraine, took meds, and went back to sleep. When I woke up (all better!), I debated debated whether I should take the whole day off or go to work late. Responsible me decided to go to work. Irresponsible me decided I should park on campus and walk downtown to the public library, first.

Irresponsible me won the debate. It was a hot, muggy morning, but not too bad for walking. And I got some books that my library doesn't have. Then on the way back, I entered work through the loading dock. I never do that. There is a patch of gorgeous echinacea growing by the entrance dock. Bonus!