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crawler…

22 Monday Aug 2016

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been missing my beloved recently…

this morning a very big spider was on the kitchen counter… George would have come running when I screamed and dealt with it… he always saved me from bugs and spiders…

now, I don’t bother to scream… just went and got the fly swatter and tried to get it…

this is where it was… but it got away… still somewhere in my kitchen… ugh…

looks like there is only one caterpillar left on the parsley…

tomorrow I will search and see if I can find the chrysalis…

tonight a cricket came in as the patio screen door was opened… was able to catch and deal with it…

lots of creepy crawlers today…

butterflies…

19 Friday Aug 2016

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had some fun in the garden…

my grandson came over and worked at cleaning out the side garden… already looking much better…

the canna which over wintered in the house and looked rather sad this spring is blooming beautifully…

the Japanese Maple is very happy behind the waterfall…

caught these two butterflies flitting about…

they landed for an instant…

found two caterpillars and put them in the parsley… hope they are still there tomorrow…

insects…

17 Monday Aug 2015

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this morning before I left home I got a shot of my little caterpillar friend… a slow mover who is starting to get a bit bigger… really loves the parsley which is mixed in with the morning glory…

  
there are a number of insects that I don’t care for, but caterpillars, butterflies and dragonflies are not on that list… 

also took a picture of the mandevilla which is covered with blooms… so pretty…

  
not too many flowers on the morning glory… but gorgeous…

  
as I drove into the driveway, had to stop and take a picture of the dragonfly sitting on the garage…

 

wonderful to have and take the time to see what’s going on around me…

 

tears…

15 Saturday Aug 2015

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day started with breakfast in the garden…

there were lots of birds… chickadees, goldfinches, sparrows, a woodpecker…

   
 
and I was very excited to discover a caterpillar on one of the parsley plants…

  
was enjoying the activity around me when all of a sudden I burst into tears… never know when the grief will hit you… must have sobbed for fifteen minutes before the sadness passed… miss my beloved so much…

did some gardening… one of the jobs was to take out many of the water hyacinth in the pond… couldn’t even tell if there were fish because it was completely covered over…

and discovered two baby fish… great news and they are both very pretty… moved too fast to get a good picture, lol…

got some nice shots of flowers…  

 
these are tiny ones in the pond…
  
morning glory ready to unfurl tomorrow… can’t believe it but the big morning glory didn’t open this morning…

  
love the shape of the mandevilla buds…

out in the garden for a good portion of the day, other than a nap and when it rained a bit…

wildlife…

23 Tuesday Jul 2013

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was outside a while ago looking for wildlife in the garden…

swallowtail caterpillar eating the flat leafed parsley...

swallowtail caterpillar eating the flat leafed parsley…

found one of the swallowtail caterpillars and some flowers which should be bringing the butterflies to the garden…

butterfly bush although it isn't the kind I have had previously...

butterfly bush although it isn’t the kind I have had previously…

came in the house and discovered a fly in the kitchen which I then had to try to get out of the house…

few minutes later I was in the bathroom and discovered a good sized spider staring at me from on top of the towels…

not so long ago, I would have come running out calling for George at the top of my lungs… so that he could save me and get rid of the spider… I am not fond of spiders at all, lol…

now, I put on those darn big girl pants, find some Kleenex and deal with the intruder all on my own…

George would be proud…

parsley…

12 Friday Jul 2013

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I buy parsley to plant every year in the garden… and I buy two or three plants of it… but, it’s not for me or my family to eat… I plant it for the caterpillars… particularly swallowtails…

this one turned up about a week ago and the boys were busy watching it… it was very small when they were here that day…

yesterday it was crawling around the top of the pot and had grown by leaps and bounds… and the parsley has been decimated… so I put another pot with some in it right beside the empty one, lol…

caterpillar crawling around the parsley pot...

caterpillar crawling around the parsley pot…

this morning, I thought it was going into its cocoon, but when I got home later it was gone so I’m not sure what the deal is… will keep watching…

caterpillar hanging from the step this morning...

caterpillar hanging from the step this morning…