In the Garden, with Chores, and Butterflies

1. I've had two Saturdays in a row to work in the garden! It felt good to get caught up on garden chores I would normally have done way back in March. As I worked, I tried to think of a good name for this bed. I've always called it, The Step Bed, but I don't like that name. It's a mish-mash of flowers that I've planted it without rhyme or reason so, I think The Crazy Quilt might be better suited.

It took all morning to clean up this perennial bed. I also had a few Beebalm and Daisies to transplant here from the vegetable garden. I still need to trim the grass and plant the pot..another day. The Dogwood on the right has more of the Ajuga under it that I planted last week.

2. I also got a huge stack of ironing done and I washed the bathroom floor. I realize these are not beautiful things, but they've been hanging over me like a gray cloud and it felt really good to get them done, done, done. That's a beautiful thing!
3. Tess and I sat on the patio to enjoy the sun and we noticed many butterflies all over the place. I brought her camera out and followed them around, snapping photos and enjoying their movements for quite some time.

This one liked the mud.

This was more the color of a moth, but the antennae looked like a butterfly's.

A Praying Mantis egg case in the lavender. Good for the garden, but watch out hummingbirds. They will eat you.