P was on the patio, telling me about Mr and Mrs C, feeding the kids, when he mentioned that she had flown away. I heard the key word, “away,” and ran over to see whether I could get a photo without being attacked by the parents. Success!

Oh my god, they’re ugly little things, but they’re actually so ugly that they’re cute.

I took one without the flash, just so I’d get a better idea of their actual colours. Lookit his widdle birb TOES! <3

This is just Kankakee mallow. I don’t have much of it, but the Japanese beetles haven’t got to it yet, so I took pictures.

Only two blooms on this particular bit of the trumpet creeper, but it was the only one I could reach.

Also, the best thing of all…rain, glorious rain! We got about 1.5 inches, and even better, the temperature dropped from 91F to 70F in a matter of half an hour because the heavy rain came with thunderstorms.