Beachgirl's Blog: July 2018

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

My Yard ~ American Goldfinches

Male and female American goldfinches have been feeding in the yard on the seeds of blue rhea salvia for the past few days. Quite nice to see and hope they hang around for a while. Soon it'll be time for the common yellowthroat to arrive.

Female American goldfinch.
The males are almost always more brightly colored in alternative plummage.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

My Yard ~ Canna's

Red cannas are what is usually seen here in gardens.

Cheyenne

Hotsie Totsie

Zulu Warrior

AZ Sunrise

Antique Brass

Thursday, July 19, 2018

My Yard ~ Dragonfly

Lots and lots of dragonflies in the yard catching insects including this one ~possibly a Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly.

Monday, July 16, 2018

More Dyeing Fun

Saturday, July 14, 2018

My Yard ~ First of Season Butterflies

Broad-winged Skipper ~ 7/13/18

Silver-spotted Skipper ~ 7/14/18

Friday, July 13, 2018

My Yard ~ Monarch Lifecycle

Monarch butterfly laying eggs

Monarch butterfly egg on purple milkweed

Close-up of egg

Just born Monarch caterpillar that has to finish eating his egg casing.

Two "older" Monarch caterpillars about ready to form chrysalis

Sunday, July 8, 2018

More Dyeing...

Playing in my dye studio again...

My favorite of the day!

Friday, July 6, 2018

Doing some Dyeing!

It's been far too long since I did any dyeing and I miss it. Plus I have also been using my hand-dyed fabrics in quilts so I need more of them. I have many dyes that are older, greater than 10 years so I have decided to use these dyes and see if they are still any good. They have been stores in a cool area of my house so hopefully, that has helped. I did some color runs and gradations. I also dyes a t-shirt and some socks.