The rain is over for now. We had a 3 day rest from watering and now a full rain barrel to use up soon. The sunflowers are starting to attract hummingbirds along with an assortment of other birds I've never seen in town, I think they are worth putting in again next year.

THE ANTS
I came home last night and they were out in force again, this time there were several winged drones up top which I took as a sign that I've pissed them off and they have decided to move away? I wasn't totally sure if that's what their behavior translates to from ant speak though, so I doused them with another round of the spice and soap mix just to be sure. As of this morning there are none to be found...we'll see what the afternoon brings.