I took a little stroll around the yard yesterday, in the late afternoon. I’d been painting chairs and needed to get outside and away from renovating for a while. I hate missing the perfect weather we’ve been having, so out I went. Here are a few pictures from the yard.
Can dogwood leaves look any more [...]
Category Archives: our garden
autumn colors
October 10, 2008 – 12:33 pm
butterfly #8
September 30, 2008 – 1:29 pm
The eighth butterfly emerged this morning. Another female. That makes six females and 2 males, so far.
She didn’t seem to mind at all when I stuck my camera in her face.
Beautiful.
~~Rhonda
the garden in autumn
September 27, 2008 – 3:21 pm
The air has taken on that “autumn feel.” Sort of golden, and a little dusty and sweet somehow. Lots of pretty things yet to see when we walk the yard. The hydrangeas were beautiful this year. Most are fading to a soft rosy pink and a pretty green color.
I want to pick some for [...]
bye bye, butterfly
September 25, 2008 – 9:49 am
The first butterfly emerged two days ago. Another one yesterday. And another one this morning!
We waited until DH came home after work to release the first one. He had to carefully take the screen off the top of the tank as two caterpillars have decided to attach to it to pupate. Silly bugs.
The butterfly [...]
autumn picture gallery
September 24, 2008 – 10:15 am
Cathy, this one’s for you. Savor autumn. ~~Rhonda
A walk through the little woods behind our house…
Goldenrod.
Elderberry bush sans elderberries…isn’t the pinky red a beautiful color?
The sassafras are beautiful every year.
I love to take pictures at the end of the day. The soft light is so pretty on everything. The [...]
first butterfly!
September 23, 2008 – 10:42 am
We now have eleven chrysalises in our butterfly tank and the first butterfly emerged today.
I’m posting this photo in a large size so you can see the amazing beauty and detail of the wing scales. Isn’t God’s gift of creation amazing?
Buttercup is fascinated!
We put some butterfly bush blossoms and a couple of purple coneflower blossoms [...]
caterpillar club
September 21, 2008 – 8:42 pm
We’re raising caterpillars we found on the parsley in the garden. We did the same two years ago. It’s fascinating to watch them grow and change, molting as they get larger.
We use a large fish tank to house them, and a piece of window screen with an elastic band to top the tank. To keep [...]
you turn your back for ten minutes…
September 15, 2008 – 3:05 pm
I watched this little guy for forty minutes early Friday morning, waiting for him to molt from a caterpillar into a chrysalis. I had my camera on the tripod, ready to take a video of the quick transformation. I waited and waited and waited…
Then I turned my back for ten minutes, while I checked email [...]
looks more like fall all the time
September 11, 2008 – 9:21 pm
While I mowed the yard today, I was struck by how “fall” everything felt. The low temps, the smell in the air, the crisping leaves, the autumn flowers…
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
The cabbage white butterflies were hard to get a picture of. They can’t sit still for long.
The Buckeye butterflies seem to prefer the sedum ‘Autumn Joy.’
The [...]