Cher Shots

Aug 19, 2011

Monarch Butterfly About to Emerge

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Our good friends have a monarch

butterfly about to emerge

she called to see if I wanted to take

some pics and of course I did

its hanging off their

topsy turvy planter

Note the changes in the

following two pictures

the colors in the wings are showing

the emerging seemed to slow down

so we wandered around the yard

I'm still snapping pics of course

I love the ducks on this fountain

and the old wagon wheel topped

with the vintage window box

and as we strolled along ...

she found a new chrysalis

hanging on the garage wall

and the remains of last years

hanging on the house

after an hour of waiting, I headed home

Enjoy the remainder of the summer

the bees sure are!

Tomorrow I will check the progress on the butterfly.

Aug 16, 2011

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Aug 14, 2011

Thom and I took a hour and a half walk yesterday. We started out by cutting across the lawn to check out the neighbors grapes. He now lives in Florida so we watch over the place for him. The grapes are getting out of control, that along with the lack of rain this summer have caused the grapes to decrease in size and abundance. With so much foilage you'd think it would be loaded with grapes; but not so. There are very few this year.

The plums seemed to be doing well this year. I can't wait for them to ripen. They are so sweet, almost as sweet am! lol

The beginning of our nature trail walk takes us past a few medows. We heard the sand hill cranes take off just before we came around the corner. I guess they heard us as well.

Dragonflies were flying around as if they had a full mission sent from head-quarters. I was able to capture this little fella as the big ones kept on moving about.

A couple of moths decided to land on the trail right in front of my feet. I guess this is how the little ones are made! They didn't seem to need any privacy so I snapped the camera! Or maybe they were just wrestling!

Although we didn't see much of birds or animals on this particular walk, the dragonflies, moths and butterflies were all over the place.

The apples along the route aren't quite ready yet, I'd say about a month away from ripe. But the dew berries were ripening. They are like a bramble blackberry. They grow close to the ground and vine about.

We picked enough for a couple of fresh home-made dewberry turn-overs for breakfast. Sorry no pictures because they went directly from the oven to our stomachs. But take my word for it, they were delicious!