The Lazy Birder

These pictured plants were grown from seeds; White beardtongue, common milkweed.
The wild bergamot was a plant I think I purchased at one of the plant sales to support the New Jersey Botanical Gardens.
The lady's foxglove was I believe from Rohsler's Allendale Nursery.
Most of the garden flowering plants are native and started from seed, The bushes and small trees were from other sources and also native with some exceptions.

While sitting and reading a book (The Radicalism Of The American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood) on the porch, two Northern Cardinals were spotted in our dogwood tree, they appeared to be "kissing". So I got the camera.
Then a Monarch butterfly was spotted at the Mountain Mint. Two weeks ago I was concerned I had seen very few signs of Monarchs but now I see them more often daily.