Friday Last Month Garden Blogging

THE degradations of August, moderate so far in the cool and damp, haven't prevented picture-taking nearly as much as the fact that every last fucking time I've been outdoors in the last two weeks something bites me and leaves a welt that itches for five days. So here's last month's:

American dagger moth caterpillar


Second flush of Gruss an Aachen ("Jerry")


New coleus my neighbor gave me sans ID


Club moss


Left to right: bee balm, golden oregano, meadowsweet,

Lady's mantle, cat the neighbor child named

"e.e. cummings" or "Edgar Lee Masters" or something