During the middle of summer,all our thousands of cosmos were in bloom and looked so very pretty have now taken on a totally different look as I've begun working on pulling them out.  I can only say that I hope next spring, when they are all popping up, that I pull most of them.  However, one blessing in all this work is that I once again found our cream colored/albino caterpillar that I saw a bit ago.  Don't know whether you can see it clearly but it is just like the fuzzy black ones but light.  So amidst my being bent over, amazed at all the growth, I was blessed by this simple creature.  Of course, someone will probably comment that this caterpillar turns into some horrid moth.  Oh well, it did give me a break, I will say that I filled our garbage can and have quit for the day. 
Have a wonderful afternoon dear friends.
Hugs, Noreen