Didn’t finish the laundry or get the concrete done, but we did the lawn, I spot-cleaned the carpet where it needed it, and I cleaned up and watered my houseplants, so I’m okay with today’s accomplishments. Blob on floor beside chair is Miffy, newly emerged from thunder-induced exile.

This one is definitely a Common True Katydid.

I think this is a Silvery Checkerspot. He was drying his wings on the zinnias when I found him.

Butterfly bush is almost there!

Blue Fortune agastache looks like it’s going to bloom!

The dwarf bachelor’s buttons and red coreopsis I planted around the light post are finally blooming.

I technically found this guy last night…on my leg. Silk background courtesy of my robe. 🙂 I think it’s Stenopoda spinulosa; the “shoulders” look too sharp for Narvesus carolinensis.