Hummingbird moths vs Miller moths...and

the Whitelined Sphinx (hummingbird moth) wins!  I wasn't sure what I had an encountered today while checking out my newly planted flowers (Red Feathers Echium)

but it looked to be 1/2 hummingbird minus a beak and 1/2 grasshopper but it could fly.  I showed the picture to a friend and she knew right away that this was a hummingbird moth!  Pretty cool!  Check out the 'snout' on this one:

 I'd much rather have this guy floating around rather than those annoying Miller moths as long as it wasn't flying around inside my house!

My 1st Batch of Fresh Strawberries!

I actually covered them this year so the bunnies and the birds can't get them.  We've had about 10 total. I need to move them to a better place but this will have to do for now.  I'm dying to make homemade strawberry ice cream but I'm going to have to up the production by about 100!