Unusual July Sunrise Just As It Was |
Middle Meadow Garden |
American Painted Lady sipping Echinacea |
Healing Flames |
Long Awaited FIRST SIGHTING MONARCH BUTTERFLY!!! July 14, 2011 |
Laying Eggs on Young Milkweed Along the Paths! |
Milkweed Bugs and Monarch Share Milkweed |
Sunset Glow |
Viburnum at Dusk |
Full Moon |
Sunrise Solitary Red-eyed Vireo |
Beloved by Birds Viburnum Berries Soon to Vanish |
Second Day More Eggs to Lay. First . . . Morning Milkweed Nectaring |
Red Clover Elixir Energy Boost For Laying 300 - 500 Eggs! |
Every New Day a Fresh Daylily Face Unfurls |
Fiery Days and Colors of July |
Oh Joy for Monarchs!
rain rain never went away
early flights detoured
For now dry hot days
timing right for egg planting
Milkweed stands ready
A wild garden smiles
no mimic here true monarch
soars as no other
Tired and tattered
strength to fulfill destiny
select plants of choice
Promise of new life
mother fastening last egg
flies away to die
A Painted Lady
tiny darts of fiery heat
Echinacea sweet
Sun moon rise and set
daylilies open and close
life is a moment