Milkweed Mission
It is a little early to start thinking about the arrival of my favorite butterfly, but I read that the Monarchs have started to leave their overwintering site in Central…
Category: Monarch Butterflies
An Environmental Editorial Based on a Transformative Experience
We moved to the Midwest in 1999 from Western New York. The topography here is much the same as it was there. However, looking back I believe I had was…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion
Witsend–Travel is offering a weekly photo challenge with the theme of motion. I picked up the link from sonofabeach96, a blogger whom I regularly follow. The following photos capture my take…
2018 Year-End Review
2018 is coming to a close. It was a year of milestone events in our house. Here is some of what happened, some of what I’ve written about, some new…
Poetry Friday: Ode to a Plant and Haiku
An Ode to Milkweed Milkweed growing oh so strong, welcoming Monarchs with your fragrant song! Leaves so tasty, green and bright, filling caterpillars with certain delight! Life will grow on…
End Season Monarch Update
Yesterday, my husband found a Monarch butterfly flailing around on the rain soaked cement of our driveway. It was a cool, wet morning with a temperature in the mid-50’s. After…
Cleaning up the Garden in Autumn
Since I really feel the need to keep my mouth shut today about a lot of different topics, I’ll share some photos with you from my earlier garden clean up…
Reaching out – Out Reach: The Last Two Weeks.
It is the height of the monarch migration season. By all reports, it has been a great year to be involved in the conservation of this species. Summer numbers are…
