We planted hollyhocks a few years ago, and they continue to return each year without our involvement. They are especially pretty this year. As I went out to fire up the barby, I had to retrieve my camera and snap a few.

Not sure what this even is. Looks half fly, half honeybee...

Ewan decided to make a bouquet of daisies.

For mommy...

Here Lara holds Felicity in the very chair (and in much the same way) that I used to hold her, for hours and hours, trying to get her to go to sleep....Felicity seems much more amenable to that sort of thing than Lara ever was.