Too much labour, not enough days, and few things worth photographing, so most of these aren’t even from the weekend, but still worth posting, I think.

I haven’t seen many Monarchs this year (some on the volunteer Mexican sunflower on the south side), and only a couple of caterpillars, but I’m pretty sure at least one of my cats made it to adulthood at Parview because this little girl is very fresh!

Bad photo, bad location, incredibly cute little Carolina boy.

Someone needs to tell these (Small?) Milkweed Bugs that these flowers are Heliopsis helianthoides, not milkweed. They love them, though, and I’m quite sure all I’ve ever seen are Small Milkweed; the Large Milkweed prefers the pods on actual milkweed.

Miracle Grey Stick flower. I love this little guy because in spite of the horrible location that eventually killed its parent, it germinated, survived, grew, and then it bloomed. It seems much happier out front in the sun, though, and I hope it’ll eventually be as much a spectacle as the Grey Stick out back. It does need staking, though; it’s starting to lean a little.

Only one seed head, and it doesn’t look like much yet, but that’s at least in part due to the bachelors button that takes over that area from spring until midsummer. Sorghastrum nutans it is, though, and the seed head is really cool-looking!