Eastern Tiger Swallowtails Papilio glaucus in threes flitting above and about Miss Canada Lilac this past June.
It seems most appropriate to mark my third blog anniversary with these endearing creatures. For years I had tried to capture Tiger Swallowtails flitting about in groups . . . and finally, after waiting in just the right place, for just the right amount of time ~ voila!
If you are lucky, you might find the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars munching on the leaves of black cherry, pin cherry, ash, apple and magnolia . . . to name a few trees that might be growing in your gardens and landscape. The butterflies may be sighted in flight beginning the middle of April and through October from one of their two broods. Overwintering occurs here in the chrysalis stage.
Back into now time . . . today and yesterday . . . three years pile up with sunrises and sunsets, waxing and waning moons, our gardens awake and falling into seasonal slumber, wildlife filling pages.
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| February Full Moon 2012 |
This February is quite different from February of three years past. The winter landscape is remarkably different in my first post.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT OVER THESE THREE YEARS!
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32 comments:
A big, friendly hug to you, Carol! Actually, we - your readers - are the big winners. -Congratulations on your anniversary and may there be many, many more post from you to come! You're a master of capturing nature at its best.
Kram!
Happy Anniversary Carol, i realized I am almost 4 yrs old, in March. I would love to reminisce those years from knowing no one to having some already as my friends, at least in blogging. But i think it transcends beyond blogging because the consciousness of the blogger and not blogger is just one! I thank my circumstances to have found you. Take care and God bless. By the way, those types of butterflies are one of the most beautiful swallowtails, however i haven't seen it in my place. You are very privileged.
Carol,
Happy three years!! Our three year is a week away hard to believe it. Those photos with the tigers in flight are so much fun! Hugs,
Well done on your 3 years blogging. Really lovely pics!
I wish you a very happy third blogaversary! This morning I rescued a tiny citrus swallowtail caterpillar. He was on my Tahiti lime, the smallest citrus tree, and I moved him to a larger orange tree.
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Happy Anniversary!
I am quite happy that you blog and share with us. I love the things that you do: your gardens, your passions, your photos and paintings, your tales and poems, all treasures that delight me. Thank you.
I love those three photos at the top, i felt like i stepped into a magical painting. and the sky with its pinks and more. ooh la la!
Happy Blog Birthday! You have inspired many in those three years, Carol.
Happy blogaversary! Those first three photos are just magical - I love the way you have put them together. Isn't it awesome when you wait and wait for a photo and then it comes together?
First of all congratulations on three years! The butterflies are beautiful and those sunset colours are over the moon!
Before I noticed the words announcing your 3 year anniversary, I was struck with that beautiful blue sky in your first triptych. I seem to respond to those subtle blues with a hint of green—a more muted version in your last full moon image. Your photography, as always, is arresting; and your words are thoughtful and affecting. Congratulations and thank you for your inspirational posts.
Thank you dear Katarina! It has been wonderful getting to know your part of the world through your Blooming Friday meme.
Dear Andrea, Thank you for your continued support . . . your visits and thoughtful comments have been so rewarding for me over the years. I too feel grateful for finding you! Yes, I do feel very privileged to have these magical creatures in my life. I so look forward to seeing them each spring. Happy nearly blog anniversary to you too!
Thank you Randy! Special thanks for all of your help over the years in identifying some of my butterflies. Happy three years to you too!
Thank you Bridget!
Thank you dear Diana! I hope you get to see the caterpillar making its chrysalis.
Dearest Tammie, Thank you so for your kind words over the years.
Thank you Sandy! That is very kind!
Thank you africanaussie! Very often it does pay to be patient. ;>)
Thank you dear Gillian . . . for your many kind words and continued support.
Dearest Eva, You have been with me the longest on this journey! Thank you so very much for your hundreds of thoughtful and encouraging words over these three years.
Happy Bog Birthday. I have enjoyed your photography so much. Looking forward to more.
Many happy returns Carol - and thank you for the joy you give with your magnificenet wildlife posts and sumptuous images. Worth the wait with the swallowtails dancing on lilac
Laura x
p.s. suffering from computer blockage and often cannot reach your blog before timeout. Remedy soon to happen with upgrade.
Thank you so much Ann!
Dear Laura, Your words warm my heart. Computer blockage?? Good luck with the upgrade! Thank you so for your continued support.
Happy 3! I just hit my 5 year mark last month. Time flies and in your case it does so on butterfly wings.
I have enjoyed your posts, so much, Carol - the wildlife, the landscapes, the butterflies - all the images and words. They have been a gift - thank you!
I love the collages! They so wonderfully capture the grace and beauty of these exquisite creatures.
Thank you Sarah! Happy Five to you!! It is true that time with me seems to be flying by on butterfly and bird wings . . . at least in my blog.
Dear Ginny, Thank you so for sharing your kind thoughts. I so appreciate it. I am so thankful to all of my readers who I too see as gifts. ;>)
Hello Carol:
We marvel at the patience you must have to sit and wait for the perfect photographs which you present for or delight in your posts. To capture these most beautiful creatures in flight is such a feat and the images here are art forms in themselves.
A remarkable achievement of three years of blogging. Over the years you have recorded the many wonders of the natural world which surrounds you at Flower Hill Farm and the many changes which have occurred in that time. It all comes together in the most beguiling of records and is a perfect tribute to your skills as a photographer, writer and artist.
Thank you Sweetbay! These sequence shots are best displayed side by side . . . I so agree! Thanks too for sticking with me all these years.
Dearest Jane and Lance, Thank you for this and all the many thoughtful words you have given me! It is easy to wait when there is such beauty and fragrance around, so I do not deserve much credit there . . . no suffering. ;>) I was so pleased to get three in a frame! At times I have seen up to seven floating in wave-like patterns together. You have hit upon exactly why I blog. I do so want to record all that happens here in this small wildlife habitat and hope to inspire others. Thank you, thank you!!
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