Very interesting! We have Monarch caterpillars feeding right now on the milkweed that is native to North Carolina. I had heard about the invasive “butterfly bush.” The name is a bit deceptive! 😄
Yes, we peoples have to take our blinders off at times, as city dwellers or otherwise. Breath deeply, and enjoy our smelling capacity that is left. . . (hopeful without air pollution, smoke etc.). Keep the overlooked nose healthy.
I assume that your Island has a constant wind flow as natures broom.
The Chinese expat Butterfly Bush is gorgeous while maintaining its boundaries towards the native caterpillars, amazing how a plant can do that. Or is it the caterpillar out respect for the plant that it stays away? Still seems very useful to others . . .
It’s true, nature is all around us whether or not we realize it. Whether in its ferocity as we are seeing in so many places right now or in the placid loveliness you are immersed in presently. It’s our great challenge to make the beauty & peace of nature outweigh its opposite & assure it endures for the generations that follow us.
Let your days in nature feed & nourish your body & soul.
Lovely pictures! Interesting about the Carder Bees. I think I have heard them referred to as Mason Bees.
Have an enjoyable two days communing with nature. Good to get away from all the anxiety that the daily news provokes! Looking forward to your photos. 😸
Bumble bees, how are they have become. I can recall, that a a child, I saw a lot of them in California. Now I get excited when ever I see one. The flower is also gorgeous. How blessed you are to able to have the time to enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing all that you see.
Very interesting! We have Monarch caterpillars feeding right now on the milkweed that is native to North Carolina. I had heard about the invasive “butterfly bush.” The name is a bit deceptive! 😄
“I love nature, I love landscape because it is so sincere. It never cheats me. It never jests. It is cheerfully, musically earnest.”
H.D.Thoreau
Enjoy your days.
It’s lovely & necessary for our sanity and souls to pause, look & then proceed onward 🐝💜
Beautiful Alexander!
Yes, we peoples have to take our blinders off at times, as city dwellers or otherwise. Breath deeply, and enjoy our smelling capacity that is left. . . (hopeful without air pollution, smoke etc.). Keep the overlooked nose healthy.
I assume that your Island has a constant wind flow as natures broom.
The Chinese expat Butterfly Bush is gorgeous while maintaining its boundaries towards the native caterpillars, amazing how a plant can do that. Or is it the caterpillar out respect for the plant that it stays away? Still seems very useful to others . . .
Your back page photo is a down loader also (-:
🌻🦌🦋🌳
It’s true, nature is all around us whether or not we realize it. Whether in its ferocity as we are seeing in so many places right now or in the placid loveliness you are immersed in presently. It’s our great challenge to make the beauty & peace of nature outweigh its opposite & assure it endures for the generations that follow us.
Let your days in nature feed & nourish your body & soul.
Lovely pictures! Interesting about the Carder Bees. I think I have heard them referred to as Mason Bees.
Have an enjoyable two days communing with nature. Good to get away from all the anxiety that the daily news provokes! Looking forward to your photos. 😸
Wonderful! Have fun on your two days away in nature!
I always leave a dense clump of nettles in a sunny spot for the butterflies.
Bumble bees, how are they have become. I can recall, that a a child, I saw a lot of them in California. Now I get excited when ever I see one. The flower is also gorgeous. How blessed you are to able to have the time to enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing all that you see.