Outside

My current favorite plant in my yard.  She's some variety of Elderberry (ornamental).  I haven't had time to look her up in one of my big ol' plant books.  It is such a lovely color and it was planted in the front bed when we moved in.  I moved it to the backyard the first or second summer.  It's really come into its own this year. 

Here's a mud pie (or cake, in this case)...