First one is lyreleaf sage, Salvia lyrata.
Second one is redtip, Photinia x fraseri.
Third one is Tagetes, I am not sure which species.
Fourth one is sweet William, Dianthus barbatus .
Eight is certainly a weed.
Eleven is Geranium carolinianum, considered a weed.
Twelve is a weed but I can't remember the name.

And that's all I know.

I thought that No. 3 was Erysimum (formerly Cheiranthus),common name Wallflower

8 and 10 (both plants) Cichorium intybus, chicory
12 chickweed

5. Brassica oleracea
7. Ranunculus
9. Hypochaeris

i am too lazy to flip back and forth in two windows.. 12 times or more...

you peeps that do.. amaze me....

ken

Ken. you couldn't open the album and view the slide show? This was a great way to present numerous images.

Have no idea what the gelatinous stuff is. What leads you to believe that it's a cocoon or something like that?

There were multiple "cocoons." They may have been egg sacks or perhaps a strange fungus. Unfortunately I didn't observe what happened to them.

I think your cocoons are decaying shelf fungus.