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PLAYING HIDE & SEEK WITH ME :D

I found this cute Ladybug on my house so I put her on my Purple Coneflower. She was hiding from me most of the time but then I was able to get some photos of her. View in full size


BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY …….. 1ST ONE TO EMERGE ON JUNE 16TH

I just raised 27 Black Swallowtail caterpillars and the first one that emerged as the adult butterfly was a MALE. He was perfect emerging on 6/16 and let me take about 10 photos of him before flying off to find a nice single lady to mate with !!! I had a female butterfly lay 29… More »


HUNGRY CATERPILLARS :D

I had so many Black Swallowtail caterpillars on my fennel plants I had to take most of them inside to raise. I have 20 now in the house and most of them are big enough to start the next phase of their lifecycle. It’s time to Pupate which is when they form a chrysalis. That… More »



MEET MY LITTLE FRIEND :D

I had this little visitor yesterday he or she was on a Twig pen that Annie sent me !!I have the pen in a cup next to my computer and I went to get something from there and saw this little Cutie !!! I took it into my kitchen and put the twig next to… More »


IT’S A BIRD …. IT’S A PLANE …….. NO IT’S A BUTTERFLY !!!

This is my last Black Swallowtail butterfly of the season she emerged last week. I had a male that emerged a week before her. So now I’m done raising caterpillars for the rest of the year unless I find some caterpillars on my parsley plants it’s still possible some might show up. Of course those… More »


HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL !!!

If you are just going into Fall /Autumn I hope it’s Magical for you. Fall is my favorite season of the year. It was a beautiful day here on Monday it was sunny all day and had a nice crisp feel in the air not cold just very comfortable. I took this photo last month… More »



IT’S HAD ENOUGH OF MY STALKING :D

He finally had it with me and left. I don’t know where he went but I guess it was getting a bit tired of me constantly watching it’s every move. It is a male and I had to do quite a bit of photoshop to get the photo to stand out 😀 View in full… More »


My Yard and Flowers…….

This is where you will find photos of my gardens, house and flowers and some snow scenes also…..


SAD REUNION ….TOGETHER IN DEATH …..

MISS STINK BUG was found dead on Monday in her plant and MR STINK BUG was found dead a few weeks ago. In life I don’t know if they ever met but I’d like to think they did. I thought you would like to see them together IN DEATH 😀 View in full size



A “MISS STINK BUG” UPDATE :D

So as most of you know I’ve had this Stink Bug in my house for weeks now and she has been on some evergreen branches that I have in a vase. She has been keeping a low profile in those branches until Thursday when she decided she wanted to roam around. Well after seeing her… More »


OH HI THERE …… MR.STINK BUG :D

A week ago this Stink Bug was on my back door mini blind but then it disappeared and now it’s back right on the same door !!! Stink Bugs do like to hibernate in house cracks and crevices. I think he might have been up in the attic but now he is on the door… More »


I GOT 200 ” NEW CHILDREN ” FOR MOTHER’S DAY :D

Yes you read that right !!! My husband surprised me for Mother’s Day with 200 Lady Bugs ……. I just adore them and can’t wait to release them in…



BATTLING LOOPERS :D

So I brought in some more Black Eyed Susans and found some more Loopers or Spanworms on them. This is a very hard species to track down to find out exactly what type of moth it will become since there are thousands to look though. I actually have 3 on this flower but one was… More »


AMERICAN PAINTED LADY …………

I was outside gardening when I saw this butterfly on my Purple Cone flowers. I didn’t think I would get to post this since there were storms coming !!! But we have only had rain so far : )


TIGER SWALLOWTAIL UPSIDEDOWN ……..

It was a busy butterfly day in my yard there were many Tiger Swallowtails, Black Swallowtails and one Monarch that would not cooperate and pose for me. I’ll try and get him one of these days. This is the underside it’s not as colorful as the top of the butterfly but I thought you would… More »



GARDENING WITH TIGER SWALLOWTAILS : )

I was outside gardening and I had some butterfly friends that just ignored me and I was able to get some decent photos. I wish alll the butterflies were as cooperative with posing but sadly they have a 3 track mind EAT, MATE and FLY 😀


TIGER SWALLOWTAIL …….

I took this photo a few days ago it was the first Tiger to show up here. It was in motion the whole time and again I didn’t have my bigger camera outside to get a better shot. I had one show up today again and my first Monarch. I went inside to get my… More »


THE TEASEL IN BLOOM………

My Teasels are finally in bloom and this Bumblebee was really in love with it. It’s kind of hard to see the complete flower in this but the bee has lot’s on pollen on her so she’s happy : )



TINY HOVER FLY ON THE BIG BAD CHAMELEON PLANT……….

I love the Hover Flies but this Japanese plant is a horror !!!! Even though it looks very pretty it is so invasive I can’t even transplant any of the other plants that is in this one garden to another garden. Even one tiny piece of root will spread it in that area !!! It’s… More »


BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY………FEMALE

It’s quite hard to get photos of the swallowtail butterflies since they move quite a bit. So this photo is about an hour after she emerged from her chrysalis today. It’s takes around an hour after they first emerge to pump up their wings with blood and let them harden so they can take flight…. More »


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