We need to do some mulching, mowing, and weeding; hopefully this weekend, but my sister Kathy is coming to visit, so if she doesn't feel like gardening, it might not get done.
The lilac bush is nearly in full bloom.
The gnome failed to protect whatever plant he was assigned to protect. A squirrel trampled it or something. I hope it wasn't anything important. Also, I just realized that this gnome looks like my dad.
The clematis has grown and wound itself around the trellis a little, and two new blossoms came up. They are very pretty.
This is the weed that Mom and I discussed that is a tall stalk next to the chimney. It bloomed so I thought I would include a photo. As weeds go, it's not so bad.
The bishops weed is getting pretty high, and starting to crowd out the hypericum (?) bush in the corner, as well as the lilies on the left. Somebody will have to thin it out.
The lavender has grown a tiny bit, but I was excited to see the fern that I transplanted from last year. I wish I had transplanted more of them.
Someone threw the newspaper toward the deck and it landed on the mystery plant that mom planted in the red pot near the hose faucet.
The astilbe is flourishing. The ones I planted last year are starting to bud, which you may not be able to see in the photo.
And the astilbes that mom planted seem to be thinking about blooming soon.
Here's a wider view of the rock garden. Everything seems to be doing okay.
I need to move the bird feeder again because the sunflower shells are falling on one of the astilbes. Incidentally, lots of birds and few squirrels are coming to the feeder. So far I have seen cardinals, black-capped chickadees, house sparrows, plain old sparrows, and a rose-breasted grosbeak. I had never seen a rose-breasted grosbeak before and had to look it up to see what kind of bird it was. Here is a link to a photo: http://photos.somd.com/data/27/RBGB_DSC_5078_2.jpg
The violas are doing great. I've been picking off the dead flowers every day or two.
On the right side of the above photo, it looks like some new sprouts are coming up out of the dirt. I assume this is also viola, but I am surprised that it comes up from the dirt rather than from the plants. So maybe it's a weed? Let me know if I should pull them out.
The shasta daisies wilted so I plucked them; I hope this was the right move. Each plant has at least 2-3 new buds.
The arrowwood/arrowroot bushes are budding.
The squash sprouts seem to be disappearing, and this morning I noticed squirrels digging in this area.
They dug a bunch of holes in the wildflower bed, and messed up a few of the sprouts, but hopefully they have done whatever damage they plan to do.
Here's the tomato/pepper/asparagus garden. 
The leaves on the bottom of two tomato plants turned yellow, probably because they were touching the ground and got wet. If you have advice on that front we'd like to hear it. Only four asparagus spears so far, and no new spears have appeared. The rhubarb is struggling but getting bigger. And we have one little pepper so far.
Here's a wider view of the lilac bush.
And it was nice and warm today so Aubrey got to put on a summer dress. As you can see, she is quite pleased with it.
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