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Monarchs

November 5, 2019 / Rebecca / 13 Comments
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Monarch butterflies enjoying the flowers on a warm October afternoon.

“Gardening is cheaper than therapy … and you get flowers and butterflies!”  ~Unknown

Monarch butterflies

November 7, 2018 / Rebecca / 9 Comments

 

Monarch butterflies enjoying Silky Gold Milkweed in early October.

“Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.”  ~Martin H. Fischer

Insects on orange butterfly weed

June 5, 2018September 21, 2018 / Rebecca / 11 Comments
Viceroy butterfly on orange butterfly weed
Bumble bee on Orange butterfly weed
Large milkweed bug on Orange butterfly weed
Honey bees on Orange butterfly weed

The bright flowers of the orange butterfly weed attracts a variety of insects during their blooming season.  Here are a few that stopped in to enjoy the pollen and nectar.

“Stop every now and then.  Just stop and enjoy.  Take a deep breath.  Relax and take in the abundance of life.”  ~Unknown

Monarch on Scarlet milkweed

August 24, 2017 / Rebecca / 6 Comments
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A Monarch butterfly attracted to the bright red and yellow blossoms of the Scarlet milkweed — a popular flower in butterfly gardens.

“Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rude
And flew to the silence of sweet solitude.”
~John Clare

Viceroy butterfly

September 20, 2016August 9, 2019 / Rebecca / 8 Comments
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“To not use a talent to the best of your ability is to stifle the thing that makes you most special.  It is like plucking the wings off a butterfly.”   ~Fennel Hudson

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