Ecstatic bee, millipede crossing the trail, wood snail on the screen

 There's a LOT of livin' goin' on.

After the lovely 10 days of rain and cool temperatures, an appalling, army of flies.

They DO sleep.  And in passing I wondered where they all would be overnight.  Yesterday morning early, when assessing what needed watering and admiring the deep purple of an Echinacea bloom that had just opened (not been bleached by the sun)...  I noticed tiny dark spots on the petals.

OMG?!  Fly poop!

OMG -- and the flies were still lounging, two-three-four per flower.  YUCK! (I mean, fascinating.)  AND YUCK!