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Browsing All posts tagged under »Monarch butterflies«
Royal visitor
I will give you a head start. It is not a commoner. Have fun.
There’s hope for the Monarchs yet
July 21, 2009
Last summer I tried to capture the whole life cycle of the Monarch butterfly and failed. On top of it, in the course of the pursuit whole swaths of milkweed disappeared from the bayshore, fallen victim to Beach as Desert syndrome, or “beach grooming”—an infestation of large machines that dig out every trace of vegetation in […]
Post pantry: August in Antrim (you knew there’d be another sunflower)
August 27, 2008
I know, I know – I didn’t do any posts last week at all. I’m trying to catch up. Here are some of the things I did instead: Borrowed some visiting grandchildren and had adventures (more about THAT in a post of its own). Acquired quite a collection of skunk smell remedies (more about THAT […]
As promised . . .
August 2, 2008
So, to pick up where we left off in the previous post, Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I had some lovely walks earlier this week before the press of other business distracted us. Down on the beach we found lots of wildflowers: spotted knapweed, common tansy, Queen Anne’s Lace, yarrow, white sweet clover, bladder campion, […]
Milkweed’s back – monarchs sure to follow
July 8, 2008
I’ve always loved the monarch butterflies that congregated on the Bay, and I missed them when they disappeared, along with the milkweed that is an essential part of their life cycle. Today, though, I found lots of milkweed in bloom on the shore – and a monarch, too! [Edit 7/9/08] After this post went up […]
Books in Northport
- I don't have much to say.
- It's all in here: the sublime, silly, dangerous, petty, too cute for words, and a shed tear.
- From the Tenth to the Twelfth
- Goodbye, November. Hello, Winter!
- Gratitude and Death
- Deer Season, Among Books
- Time’s Wingèd Chariot
- Looking and Looking and Looking!
- Color/Light and Home in Autumn
- Turn, Turn, Turn
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
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