I currently have an abundance of Milkweed in my atrium and, as you know, lots of seedlings that I and my friend MC are growing to add to my Milkweed garden. You’d think the seedlings would go unnoticed they are so small. Why bother to lay an egg on one when[…]
Let’s recap my plight earlier this year — warm winter, tons of caterpillars, not enough Milkweed, too early in the season to buy plants at the nursery, starvation. And the plight of the Monarch population in general? In decline. Solution? More Milkweed. My book club read Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver the[…]
Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth.
Mark Twain
What comes first, the butterfly or the egg? Well, for the sake of my documentation and the likelihood of not being able to capture Monarchs mating on film, the egg. And this is my first photographed egg. The egg is laid on the underside of a Milkweed leaf and hatches in[…]
A friend of mine lost his battle with cancer this week. The day he passed a female butterfly arrived in my atrium laying eggs on my recently regenerated Milkweed plants. The butterflies have symbolized life and death from the beginning. Not just within their own life cycle but also in relationship[…]