This cardinal is having a bad hair day.

I just can't take good pictures of the red roses.

This was overexposed, but I liked it anyway.

Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Little yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)

Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Brasil (Condalia hookeri) The berries are ripe now. I tasted one. They are sweet and tasty.

Little yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)

Dessert Checkered-Skipper ( Burnsius philetas)

I discovered this volunteer Lindheimer's Senna in the Wildzone today. I don't know how I have missed it. Last summer there were several little ones, but I thought the freeze got them all. This is how big my other one was when my friend gave it to me.

Sweet Indian Mallow (Abutilon fruticosum) This plan grows abundantly in my Wildzone. It is a great example of of a native Texas plant that some people would consider a weed. I think it is beautiful and like where it is growing in the Wildzone. Therefore, it is not a weed by the definition I use: a weed is any plant growing where you don't want it!

This is another look at the volunteer Chipetin in Jared's herb garden. I can't wait until I can get shots of red and green peppers together.

The dill is in full bloom today.

The blossoms are beautiful.

Black Swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes) Evidently, dill is a host plant! We'll plant a bunch more next year.

Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)

Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)

Brasil (Condalia hookeri)

Miss Olive (Canis familiaris)

Miss Olive (Canis familiaris)

Mr. Vinny (Canis familiaris)