Male bumblebees (drones) often sleep outdoors on or inside flowers. Sunflowers are a favorite. I found this little guy fast asleep in the garden this morning.

A Turkey Vulture rides the thermals as smoke from the Canadian wildfires stains the sky

On this day, the tallest flowers were 55+ inches tall. Plants are growing at a rate of 3 inches a day. Some are coming in a bit faster than that.

This is from mid-June or so.

I started much later than I typically do. This is from back at the end of May or so.

My buddy Jack