Just a sampling of what’s blooming now. Late summer and very dry. Until a rain yesterday the ground was concrete-like. We finally have seen some monarch caterpillars, there are a couple dozen scattered among the milkweed we’ve planted in different spots. The goldfinches- the males still a brilliant gold- are coming to eat the seeds of the coneflowers and sunflowers. The hummingbirds have increased in number. I think they raised young here again, also some may be moving through already toward fall migration. They have disputes around the cardinal flower nectar, a prized food source.