After the rain...the slugs are out

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

from here: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/enpl/bulletins/easterntentcaterpillar/easterntentcaterpillar.htm

It is a foliage feeder and, as the name implies, a web- or tent-maker. Cherry, apple, and other trees of the rose family (Rosaceae) are the preferred hosts, but larvae have been reported to feed on a variety of hardwoods, including ash, birch, blackgum, oak, sweetgum, maple, and poplar.

The eastern tent caterpillar is common and often abundant in Alabama. It is among the first insects to break winter dormancy and become active in the spring.

Nun's Orchid

Finally

lily

Daylilies on Daylily Hill

Blue in the Garden

Pumpkin?

I didn't plant this.
It just popped up, along with the 7 or 8 tomato plants behind it
in the compost pile.
I thought maybe they were squash at first,
but now it seems like we might have a lot of pumpkins on our hands.

Where is all that rain??

And the rainiest city in the U.S. is...
Mobile — not Seattle — ranks highest in the contiguous 48 states

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18827213/