21 Saturday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, butterfly blanket, happy, light, moments, monarch, naps, nature, warm, widow
I have been loving my new butterfly blanket…
it is much lighter than the blanket that I’ve been using for naps in the den…
and although it is lighter it is just as warm and cozy;-)…
I think it is going to be lovely when I’m in my chair on the deck —- soon I hope —- as the weather warms up;-)…
19 Tuesday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Blue Morpho, butterfly, espaliered, magnolia, moments, nature, scent, The Leaf, tickle, widow
such fun today when I was at The Leaf…
in the Mediterranean biome I took a few photos of the stunning magnolia flowers… there are two trees… one is high up and the second is one of the espaliered trees along the windows;-)… sadly, too far away to enjoy the scent…
when I was in the Butterfly Garden a friend decided to visit me and tickled my neck for a few minutes…
great day;-)…
12 Monday Aug 2024
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26 Friday Jul 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, discovery, eggs, flowers, garden, milkweed, moments, monarch, nature, plants, treat, widow
recently, I wrote about all the caterpillars and the butterflies that emerged and my hope that, as the milkweed has new leaves, another monarch mother might stop by and leave a few eggs…
well, on Thursday, this happened;-)…
I was very excited and after she left, and a bit of searching, made the discovery of at least four eggs…
babies, here we come;-)…
05 Wednesday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, fast, flit, garden, moments, monarch, nature, pictures, weather, widow
had a delightful time yesterday afternoon as I watched a monarch butterfly flit about the garden for quite some time…
it was overcast, but I continue to spend as much time as possible outside… as I was reading I looked up to see a monarch going by…
couldn’t get a great picture, as of course I didn’t have the Nikon outside, lol… and the butterfly moved quickly…
some milkweed is just starting… some was recently planted, but has no flowers yet…
hopefully this monarch and some friends come by as the weather improves and flowers are ready for them…
05 Wednesday Jul 2023
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, dip, eggs, flit, flowers, garden, happy, milkweed, moments, monarch, monarch butterfly, nature, nectar, photos, plants, treat, widow
for the last few days, in the afternoon, I’ve enjoyed watching a monarch butterfly dip and flit through the garden, landing on the various milkweed plants to enjoy some nectar and maybe lay some eggs…
got a few good pictures…
such a treat;-)…
08 Thursday Jun 2023
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20 Wednesday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, downpour, flowers, garden, happy, milkweed, moments, monarch, nature, pond, waterfall, weather, widow
the other day I saw a monarch flying around the garden and laying eggs on the milkweed…
I went to check out the two milkweed plants that are just by the waterfall to see if any eggs had been left there…
and it was there that I discovered this little caterpillar… of course this is the hardest spot to get any pictures, lol…
and I was happy to still see it after the downpour…
nature is amazing…
18 Monday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, duel, garden, memories, moments, monarch, nature, photos, rain, thunderstorm, weather, widow
there was quite a thunderstorm early Saturday morning…
it was the first day in a long time that I ate breakfast in the house as I’ve been doing a great job of being outside if it isn’t raining…
eventually it was dry enough to spend some time in the garden where I had a bit of a duel with the gray squirrels that have found a way to get to both of the slinky protected bird feeders…
and then, I spent a lovely time watching a monarch flit around the space, landing a number of times on the milkweed and then flitting around some more…
what a treat and how lucky was I to get to enjoy those moments;-)…
26 Sunday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, chrysalis, experience, family, fun times, garden, grandson, lily of the valley, milkweed, moments, monarch, nature, photos, plants, Pokémon, time, widow
yesterday morning my youngest grandson was dropped off at ten by his two older brothers who were heading off to a two-day Pokémon event…
about fifteen minutes after they left he spotted the first of our monarchs as it emerged from the lily of the valley where they had gone to turn into their chrysalis stage… I had been watching this chrysalis for a number of days as it was the only one we could find…
perfect timing, and he spotted three more as they came out to dry their wings…
the first one had a wasp attached to its wing and it took me quite a while to get it off… not sure if that hurt it or whether the wasp had already injured it…
the others eventually flew off after their wings dried out, but this little male spent most of the day with us… finally it was gone, so we are hoping that it was able to fly…
what a wonderful experience to share together;-)…
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