Random Shots Around the Yard: Mid Oct.

 ...spiders are everywhere. Here's some kind of Orb Weaver perched on the edge of Hub's work van, hoping he doesn't stick out like a  great big spider on a white van...

...one of the last of the hollyhocks, looking big and fresh. Still there, too.

...firebugs aggregating on butterfly weed seed pods, for some reason.

...and the lovely seeds themselves. After many years, these plants are beginning to come up from seed in my yard.