Is there such a thing as TOO many flower pictures??

We kept finding these caterpillars all over the yard and everything.  I know they're fuzzy pictures but those things move surprisingly fast!

I was trying to figure out what kind of caterpillar they were. Have you every tried to research caterpillars? It's really difficult to find the one you are looking for because there are so many different varieties!  I think I finally figured out that they are Eastern Tent Caterpillars though.... cue sad trombone.  Eastern Tent Caterpillars are not good caterpillars and turn into crazy furry looking moths!  I think they must have come from our poor sad, neglected pear tree :/

Anyway... Hopefully we'll start seeing some good caterpillars and butterflies here soon!  I got my second hanging tomato bucket done and hung up.  The tomato plants already seem to be growing and there are a couple flowers on them too!

Ricky's dad was over this morning and actually noticed my yarn bombed buckets so that made me happy :P
I was out in the garden taking some more pictures the other day... It seems as though something new blooms every day!  My roses are very close to blooming right now, I'm very excited :)
So, I'm pretty sure this plant IS an aster... it's just confused and blooming now.  I wonder if it has to do with when I planted it last year.  And I also wonder if it will re-bloom in the fall.  We shall see, I suppose.  In the meantime, it's super pretty now!

 I just got my first Clematis blooms this morning too.  Soon the whole vine will be loaded with them.

I enjoyed my early morning coffee on the porch the other day while the rain was coming down. It was so nice.

Doesn't everyone have purple pajama pants?? Well all the cool kids do anyway :P

Last Thursday there was a mix up and we thought Chase had a makeup baseball game but it turned out the coach had given us the wrong date so he had gotten all dressed up and drove over there for nothing.  Well I decided it would be a good opportunity to take pictures to have cards made for him, we had missed the picture day a couple weeks ago.  This will be cheaper though and I think I got some good pictures!

aaaand more flowers :P
My Foxgloves are starting to bloom. I don't know what those little furry like things are called but they're really neat looking!

I brought in my first cut flowers and bouquet the other day too :)

I love having such a cheerful, colorful bouquet of flowers right by my kitchen sink :)