Gone fishin'?

I did some gardening yesterday. Not as much some as I might have because (somehow) the camera and macro lens found their way outside. These aren't any more than snaps - all hand held, and largely at wide open apertures (cloud, wind, blah, blah, blah) - but I thought I'd post a few. Click here and look in the latest folder for better quality views.

The pink sedum flowers were most popular,
although linaria,
rudbeckia
and verbena all did their bit.

The rather cool toon army garbed fly is not, I think, a flesh fly - my first guess - as the abdominal markings look more like Eustalomyia festiva (if you care!).
P.S. Anyone know how to get clay off your camera gear?