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Category Archives: Backyard
Literary Wildflowers
Week three of Wildflower Morning’s blog-a-long Found this at The Baldwin Project: THE VIOLET Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, No colours bright and fair; It might have graced [...]
Winter Flowers
We’re in week 2 of Wildflower Morning’s blog-a-thon (or would it be more aptly named a blog-a-long…?) Anyway. The assignment was to find a winter wildflower. Given temperatures in the negatives after factoring for wind chill, I haven’t ventured very far in my search. Monday may bring an opportunity. Temps are forcasted for in the [...]
Favorite Wildflower Photo
Wildflower Morning is sponsoring a themed blog-a-thon (I guess that’s the word for it) about wildflowers. This week’s subject is your favorite wildflower post. There are so many I took last year. Like this, and this, and this, and… I love them all! But here’s one that I can, at least, identify. I believe it [...]
And More
I seem to have hit on an art project Sam really likes. These are done with construction paper and an Xacto knife. We talked briefly about complimentary colors and positive/negative space. The ones on the left were done Tuesday, the other two were done today. I’m kinda enjoying this project myself. I wonder if I [...]
New Friends
Meet Freddy, Frankie and Bertha. They live in our pool. Jessie and I figured since they were so big, they needed names. This was one of the fun things we did today while Sam was at camp. I do not know if these are bullfrogs or green frogs. I am assuming the big one is [...]
Jekyll & Hyde Moth
It seems our fuzzy bunny moth is actually a Black-waved [Crinkled] Flannel Moth — Lagoa crispata. Click here to see the caterpillar form. While the moth is cute the caterpillar is definitely Mr Hyde! If you go here at BugGuide.net, scroll down and read about one woman’s ride to the ER after accidentally brushing against [...]
Fuzzy Bunny Moth
I haven’t been able to figure out what type of moth this is, but doesn’t he look kinda like a fuzzy bunny? LOL! That is Jessie’s finger he is on. He is quite small. Here is a side view. He looks EVEN more like a bunny with moth wings… ok and a few extra legs. [...]
New Morning Ritual
… checking the back of the garage for beauties like this Great Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia). Err… at least that is what I think it is. Click on the link to see it bigger and go to the album where you can see more of the beauties we found this morning.
Not Going to Whine
Nope. Not going to dwell on a bad day today. I am blessed by too many good things to do that. Instead I am going to share some of the gorgeous flowers that I found around the house today. If you click on the picture it will take you to a larger version in the [...]
Latest Bug Find
Here is a picture of Jessie’s latest bug find. I believe they are American Lady caterpillars (Vanessa virginiensis) and are feeding on what looks to me like Atennaria plantaginifolia. We’re going to try to keep them until they ecclose. I have no idea what instar they are in. Here are some more pictures of the [...]