Though I greatly enjoy and respect the antics and heroics of the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar, the chrysalis or pupa stage of the Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle offers delectable candy for the imagination. The beautiful jewel like ornaments studded with what appears to be gold hang beneath leaf or twig completely vulnerable to the goings on around them. While breezes blow and rain and sun soak the landscape, hundreds of Monarch and other butterfly chrysalises hang hidden from view . . . … [Read more...] about Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle: A Metamorphosis ~ Part Two ~ Jeweled Chrysalis
Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle: A Metamorphosis ~ Part Two ~ Jeweled Chrysalis
Though I greatly enjoy and respect the antics and heroics of the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar, the chrysalis or pupa stage of the Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle offers delectable candy for the imagination. The beautiful jewel like ornaments studded with what appears to be gold hang beneath leaf or twig completely vulnerable to the goings on around them. While breezes blow and rain and sun soak the landscape, hundreds of Monarch and other butterfly chrysalises hang hidden from view . . . … [Read more...] about Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle: A Metamorphosis ~ Part Two ~ Jeweled Chrysalis
Question Marks and Commas ~ Pausing to Ponder
A Question Mark butterfly, Polygonia interrogations takes a brief break from fluttering on suspended leafy greens giving this Lepidoptera devotee pause to ponder . . . is it indeed a Question Mark or an Eastern Comma? Being a writer who has a difficult time with commas . . . and after studying images over at the Massachusetts Butterfly Club's fabulous website . . . I have decided to go with the Question Mark butterfly. There may be questions floating about as to why this author has … [Read more...] about Question Marks and Commas ~ Pausing to Ponder
Question Marks and Commas ~ Pausing to Ponder
A Question Mark butterfly, Polygonia interrogations takes a brief break from fluttering on suspended leafy greens giving this Lepidoptera devotee pause to ponder . . . is it indeed a Question Mark or an Eastern Comma? Being a writer who has a difficult time with commas . . . and after studying images over at the Massachusetts Butterfly Club's fabulous website . . . I have decided to go with the Question Mark butterfly. There may be questions floating about as … [Read more...] about Question Marks and Commas ~ Pausing to Ponder
Mid July Garden Walkabout Warm To Cool Temperature in Color
Here in Western Massachusetts the horrid heat wave has finally fizzled out. Kinder weather patterns bring lighter, more clement days and crisp nights, but we truly need rain. I do so prefer intensity in colors rather than extreme temperatures on a thermometer. Here there are vivid, hot colors, from varying flower forms of sizzling Hemerocallis, found floriferous and in fine fettle within the July 'middle meadow garden.' A quick look back and in the opposite direction both in time and … [Read more...] about Mid July Garden Walkabout Warm To Cool Temperature in Color
