Random gardening joys

The common bugleweed (ajuga) in bloom by the Japanese roof iris in back - I am encouraging this to spread under the crape myrtle.

 

These strange insects on an old log - while I watched them swarm, they started to take flight, each one sparkling in the sunlight.

 

The oak tree garden now mostly blue and white with the self-seeded columbines and Japanese roof iris in bloom.

 

And the oak tree suddenly shedding its blooms all over the place.