I took these pictures while on a run on Wednesday morning. I need to learn more about some of these flowers, but these are around a stop sign on a nearby street corner. I took these with my iPhone camera, and several of the pictures were zoomed in and didn’t turn out so well. Enjoy! … Read more
On May 30th I saw a black swallowtail butterfly flitting around my herb garden. A familiar sight, we’d seen many of them when we lived on the east coast of Florida, North Carolina, Nebraska and now again we’re greeted. I knew what she was doing — laying eggs! The next day I scoured the herbs … Read more
First I thought I’d share some of our new friends in the garden. From 2009 08 11 BlackSwallowtailCaterpillars From 2009 08 11 BlackSwallowtailCaterpillars From 2009 08 11 BlackSwallowtailCaterpillars Go ahead…say it…. [Blog reader gets up from computer and does a heebie-jeebie dance] “EEEEEWWWWWW!!!!! Stop! Make it go awayyyyyyyyyy!” For my friends from Florida, not sure … Read more
In this cold weather, I was thinking fondly about the butterfly garden I had planted in my backyard in Florida. I planted most of the stuff in July 2003, after my summer veggie crop croaked from either baking to death in the hot FL sun or rotting to death from torrential FL rains. But these … Read more