Several red admirals fluttered by, as I sat in the garden this afternoon. They kept landing in a bucket we keep around for gathering up the fallen, overripe, bird-pecked cherries – just after I thought that maybe I should empty that bucket. Then I read that adult admirals drink from flowering plants and from overripe fruit, and left those cherries right where they were. I also read that their primary host plant is the stinging nettle, and felt better about all the nettles that keep coming up along the edges of the garden.