Our contributors have found everything from an overheated squirrel to birds and bees, and much in between, this week. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Monarch butterfly in Lynn Holt’s garden.
French Veined Hollyhock sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon.
Rose of Sharon attracts butterflies at Karen Borja’s home in Gloucester.

A native trumpet vine, growing wild at Hayes; sent by Julie Shields.
Moonflower grown in Mathews by Steve Pope; sent by Mary Pope.

Martha Thompson Hudgins’s sunflowers in Gloucester suffered in last week’s storms.
Happy Coleus, sent by Kristina Long.
Firecracker plant in Linda Dalgety’s Port Haywood yard attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Janie Miniard has passionflower among others in bloom on the Mobjack Bay.
Cathy Williams of Dutton was surprised by a flat-out squirrel resting on her deck on a hot day.

Revs. Mike and Lynne Freeman of Hayes have sent photos of their dachshund Daisy among the mushrooms; a beautiful sky; and a sunf...