Chip-In-A-Box

Yep, this is what I found in our bird feeder this morning. At first glance, I thought it was a large clump of seed. When I was taking the feeder down he went nuts - bouncing off all the walls - and no sooner did I get it tipped back on the grass, he came shooting up out one of the holes like a rocket. How bad am I that my first thought was to grab my camera in the house - before I saved him?

Here are some unrelated shots - but something pretty to look at. We have this butterfly bush planted next to the pond, and there were quite a few visitors a couple mornings ago.

In hindsight, I wasn't thinking how much the frogs would like this bush planted so close to their front door... but I'm not moving it. This fella seems pretty content about it.