nature girl

The bunch of basil I bought is rooting.

 Today has been the day of black and yellow striped critters. Actually there was a tiny, dead black and yellow striped snake also, but I neglected to take its picture. I trapped this spider, actually rather large (wolf spider?), under a glass last night and took it outside today. Coming in, I found a dead butterfly. What do I do with it?

Wolf spider probably fattened up on the crickets that have invaded the Goose.

I guess this is a tiger swallowtail. Deceased. Probably hit by a logging truck.