What is this on my pepper plant?

Everything is moving along quite swimmingly, but I can't help but assume that this squiggly stuff is not a good thing. It's on my Chinese 5 color pepper plant. Any help and advice would be GREATLY appreciated! I need to know what it is and how to treat it please. (If you click on the picture, it will enlarge it)



Also, am I correct to assume this is an aphid? This would be the first one I've seen...


And...yet another potential problem/deficiency. Any identification/advice would be FABULOUS! This is also on a pepper plant.


Ok, on to the happy stuff...

My onions are looking awesome!


My sweet peppers (California Wonder) are doing great


Eggplant is looking good


A very happy tomato plant


Peaches




Bodie is enjoying the warm (horribly hot) weather


Happy Gardening!

Veggies In The Ground

Today was big...all my plotting and planning finally came to fruition. I guess we'll soon see how well I did! I put about 1/2 of my seedlings in my new raised bed and larger, individual pots. The other half...well, I'll be going to buy more pots and giving some away soon. No complaints here though - I'm just shocked so many plants came up and did so well. Hopefully they will continue to do well and provide us with some food soon.

Here is the bed full of plants. It may look sparse now, but it should fill in quickly. I need to add some trellises soon for the tomatoes and cucumber.


Kale


Red onions


Chard - direct sow


Cherry tomato


Cucumber


Goldman's tomato


Sweet peppers



Chinese 5-color pepper - My husband is thrilled about this plant with it's small, hot peppers


Eggplants


Here are some other plants around the yard that are loving springtime:

Elephant ears


Roses






Happy Planting!