A few pictures taken recently in the gardens.
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| Coral honeysuckle on side yard trellis in Mid-May | 
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The snapdragons have been beautiful this year.  They overwintered from last summer.
 
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| This Black Swallowtail overwintered in the yard as a chrysalis and eclosed on 5/23. | 
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| Snapdragon close-up. | 
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| This year i bought some Dahlias to plant in the gardens | 
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| Another overwintering chrysalis in the yard was a spicebush swallowtail that eclosed on 5/25. | 
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| Found a Monarch caterpillar on Swamp milkweed on 6/1.  (the marks on the leaves are scars from me pulling the stems into a round support) | 
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| Finding the first of the year Spicebush swallowtail eggs on 6/8. | 
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| A close-up of a Spicebush Swallowtail egg on 6/8. | 
 
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