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Well, it's been a rough week precipitation-wise. Oh, the beautiful sunny days are a real pleasure, but we're almost at a six inch rain deficit. They are starting to talk about D-R-A-U-G-H-T. Yuck! And then we hear about poor New England getting hit with a highly unseasonable storm that drenches them yet again. :(

But the sunshine is good for taking pictures. Here are two of the plants that are blooming in my yard at the moment. First is this groundcover under the rhododendrons. I should know the name of the groundcover, but it is escaping me at the moment.





Then out by the shed are these yellow flowers, which I just don't know the name to.



While I was photographing the yellow flowers, I notice something black under one of the leaves. It was a little moth. Someone has since identified it as a grape leaffolder moth. The photo does not do it justice. There was also bright blue lines on the wings. The weird thing is I just had a little grape vine sprout by my front step.