Almost back to my old self

Emphasis on the "old." Got watering done today, did some pruning, and other odds and ends. Really wore myself out. Hope I don't regret it. I love my little verbena patch. It attracts butterflies.

Hoping that it'll get lush as I keep watering it, but it probably won't. Good learning experience though. Below is the only Faxon Yucca on either my land, or my sister's adjacent land. It's so lovely, but maybe if we had a lot of it we wouldn't appreciate it as much.

For those of you that are into insects, here's one I don't recognize. (On Little-leaf Sumac buds.)