after the past two weeks of rains, today it was an adventure to get out into the garden to see what new flowers have bloomed. Those plants that appear out of nowhere are the ones I enjoy the most. Today I spotted the first sprouts of purple basil that returns each year,  some thistley-flowers that I almost dug up last week, some larkspur sprouting up through the gravel driveway, and the progress of the morning glory that invades our garden from four doors down: