The much beloved and admired Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus begins this series of my favorite butterflies from the gardens of 2011. I so look forward to their return each summer and delight in finding their tiny etched eggs on milkweed plants. It is more exciting when I see the female actually fastening her eggs. I should truly love to be a butterfly . . . a Monarch emerging in late summer, so I could fly to Mexico. Ah . . . to have the courage of a butterfly! I should wish … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm BUTTERFLIES Of 2011 ~ Favorite Monarchs
Summer Seems To Flutter By Not Quite Letting Go
The air is crisper now as the harvest moon lights up the night sky. The eclectic jungle of mine own plantings and that of natures intermingling is running wild and falling all over itself. I have only two Monarch caterpillars not yet morphed into their pupa phase, while I am daily releasing others that have fallen into their new wings. After slurping up their fill of nectar from around the gardens and dodging the dangerous beaks of birds, butterflies are flying south . . . Mexico … [Read more...] about Summer Seems To Flutter By Not Quite Letting Go
Wild Skies, Plants and Butterflies Inside and Out
A bit of wildness for Gail's Wildflower Wednesday. Words fail me right now . . . so sad for neighboring towns and states . . . for the wild skies that left so much loss beneath them. We were lucky. … [Read more...] about Wild Skies, Plants and Butterflies Inside and Out
Deeper Into Green A Monarchy Morphs
Little Monarch caterpillars do not stay little long. Growing strong each day stretching towards one's destiny searching for one's self It may take some time finding a place to feel safe life can then unfold Can you see what does not quite fit in this photograph? To see its story told . . . visit Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. Hidden within all growth reveals inner beauty the curtain rises Throwing off old garb crumpled up caught by jade leaf growth comes from within A … [Read more...] about Deeper Into Green A Monarchy Morphs
