Poetry Friday: An August Monarch
Yesterday, falling short of my daily writing goal, I failed to publish my blog. I worked on it, of course, but it failed to come together as I wanted, in…
Tag: Monarchs
Monarch Primer & Update: Mid-August 2020
It’s mid-August! This means that it is time to start tagging monarch butterflies! The monarch’s life cycle is amazing! Monarchs undergo what is referred to as a complete metamorphosis, or…
Wildlife Wednesday: Mimics & Wasps
Yesterday, I found two monarch eggs on the swamp milkweed in my yard. You can see those in the second photo below. We also had a monarch eclosure, meaning the…
Monarch Update: Timing is Everything
Today, I was reminded that in the world of monarch conservation, timing is everything. This has been a slow year for my summer conservation hobby of raising monarchs. The adults…
Slice of Life: Mid-Summer Monarch Report
My involvement in monarch conservation has spanned for almost two decades! Some, in our local community, might even refer to me as the butterfly lady! Teaching first my garden club…
Conservationists: Don’t Discount the Gardeners! A Slice of Life Tuesday Post.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about my own path in conservation. I consider myself a self-proclaimed Monarch conservationist, actively involved in helping to conserve and restore their habitat and well as…
Poetry Friday: Meaningful Monarchs
Today is Poetry Friday and since I spent much of my week educating school children about Monarchs and their habitat, I thought I would write a poem about this wonderfully…
