While We Were Gone

We were gone for over three weeks. During that time some strange things happened in our yard. This strange weed, I think, was the most bizarre. I hadn't even seen it before we left and now it seems to have made itself at home.It crawled under the fence and into the garbage can area. It even wrapped itself around the wheels of the garbage can!It wrapped itself around the handle of the garbage can.Finally it had itself wrapped in and around the handle to the gate in the fence. I think it would have taken over the whole yard if we had been gone another week. Unfortunately, the plants that I had actually planted did not fare so well. Note to self, next year plant weeds!