Here’s what’s happening as of June 15, 2015.
The Sweet Joe Pye Weed is coming into bloom.
Sweet Joe Pye Weed Coming into Bloom Mid June
The Monarda fistulosa is starting to bloom and the bumblebees have already found it.
M. fistulosa with Bumblebees
My common milkweed patch is quite large and the bumblebees are all over it.
Common Milkweed Patch
Bumblebees on Milkweed
Speaking of common milkweed, does anyone know what this small mass of eggs is? (Lower part of leaf on right)
Eggs on Milkweed
My Culver’s Root is very tall this year and is starting to look very lyre-like as can be seen in this rather out-of-focus picture.
Culver’s Root
Some of my goldenrod is perilously close to blooming. I say “perilously” because this seems quite early to me.
Goldenrod Close to Blooming
Finally, my Eastern Red Cedar is loaded with berries this year. I can’t wait for the Cedar Waxwings and other birds to find them.
Eastern Red Cedar Loaded with Berries
FROM WEEDS TO BEES 
Gorgeous pictures, Robin. I can’t wait to see your Culver’s Root in bloom! Does our book about milkweed have anything to say about a mass of eggs like that? And that white mass to the left looks almost like a monarch egg…?
Deb
The only thing in our book that I see that looks similar is ladybug eggs. Look on page 44.
Robin
I think the “lyre” IS the flower on Culver’s Root.
I found this on the Internet:
Culver’s Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae)
I’m very partial to anything with “virginicum” as part of its name.
Robin