And this happened this afternoon. Only the second time I watched a monarch go into a chrysalis.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Honeycroft Village ~ Garden Delights in my Yard
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| Monarch caterpillars |
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| Monarch caterpillars on swamp milkweed |
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| More than 25 Black Swallowtail caterpillars on curly parsley. |
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| Wild Indigo Duskywing |
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| Wild Indigo Duskywing eggs on Baptista (close up) |
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| Wild Indigo Duskywing eggs on Baptista. Eggs are white when they are laid, then, they turn orange before turning blue just before hatching. |
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| Wild Indigo Duskywing eggs and it looks like the caterpillar is developing. |
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Fabric Postcards ~ Z is For...
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| Zebra ~ Made by me |
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| ZZZZ's ~ Made by Carole in PA |
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| Zebra ~ Made by Miriam in Ireland |
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| Rhino's in the Zoo ~ Made by MaryAnne in Canada |
Quilting Friends
20 years ago, I received this sewing machine cover from my penpal, Katie, in Australia for my birthday. It had been made by her for my birthday. I had the great fortune to have her visit me her in the US and then, in 2018, I went to visit her in AU. I have used the cover all of this time. First, it was used on my Bernina 1130 and then on my Bernina 880+. Just a few days ago, the cute decorative sewing items at the bottom came for me as gifts to welcome me to my new home. It's so wonderful to have quilting friends around the world. It was even better to visit many of them in AU and NZ in winter 2018.
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| Pin Cushion |
Monday, August 22, 2022
Honeycroft Village ~ Butterflies Around my Yard
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| Yard Butterfly #24 Fiery Skipper |
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| Yard Butterfly #24 ~ Fiery Skipper |
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| Yard Butterfly #25 ~ Common Buckeye |
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| Yard Butterfly #23 ~ Gray Hairstreak |
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| Zabulon Skipper ~ Female |
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| Zabulon Skipper ~ Male |
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| Sachem Skippers |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Painted Lady |
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Honeycroft Village ~ Birds Around my Yard
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| Hairy Woodpecker |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Eastern Kingbird ~ Yard Bird # 29 |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| House Wren |
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| Young House Wren taking a dirt bath |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Chester County, PA ~ Wolf's Hollow County Park
Another good visit to Wolf's Hollow Chester County Park. Much of the nectar is drying up and dying back at this point including the Joe Pye Weed and the fields of red clover so there were not as many butterflies flying as my last visit on 8/5/22. Last time, I estimated several hundred Eastern Tiger Swallowtails flying whereas today there were probably around 75-100 seen. That's still an amazing number of them to me. It's someplace I'd like to visit weekly next year as there is a potential for so many species here. I haven't walked any of the woods area where there could be species seen also. I did see my first Fiery Skipper of the season here. Sure wish it had been in my yard but hopefully, one will come visiting. I also saw Summer Azure, Common Buckeye, Variegated Fritillary, Cabbage White, Clouded Skipper, Black Swallowtail and Horace's Duskywing for a 21 species day. Plus the 4 to 6 Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird moths I saw on the verbena. Again today, I only walked about 1/4 of the trail around the meadow.
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| Large stand of verbena bonariensis saw many skippers, hummingbird moths and butterflies nectaring on it. Thinking that this might be great for my yard as I tend to place mine between other plantings. |
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| Eastern Tailed-Blue |
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| Fiery Skipper |
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| Fiery Skipper |
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| Little Glassywing |
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| Least Skipper |
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| Meadow Fritillary |
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| Monarch Caterpillar |
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| Orange Sulphur |
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| Pearl Crescent |
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| Peck's Skipper |
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| Peck's Skipper |
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| Sachem Skippers |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Orange Sulphur |
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| unknown Skippers |
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| Zabulon Skipper - female |
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| Zabulon Skipper - male |
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