wild things

Now that the dandelions have finally died down, a new yellow weed has taken their place. This is my back yard, and it's too wet to mow. This yellow weed is hawkweed, which puts out a yelow flower very much like a dandelion, but smaller. It's a creeper, which puts out new shoots which root everywhere. Every once in a while, an orange flower appears.
My lawn has very little real grass - besides those two mentioned above, there is creeping thyme, clover, plantain, ox-eye daisy, etc. - but the leaves are green, and I'm ok with that.

I'm constantly meeting up with huddles of tiny spiderlings in my yard. Breathe on them, and they scatter, then slowly come back together again. They are cute now, but by September I'll be meeting up with huge ones in every corner. But spiders are the good guys, and they are always welcome in my garden.