Friday, October 7, 2011

Where have all the colorful butterflies gone?


Some frequent visitors to my garden have been missing this past summer. Where have all the gorgeous, colorful butterflies gone? It's not that my garden was without winged creatures. I saw a handful of small white butterflies and yellow-striped bees. In past summers, the colorful butterflies had a pronounced presence, flitting among my flowers and contentedly drinking their fill of nectar. Did the unusually hot and dry summer in my area send them somewhere else? Has their absence anything to do with my squashes hardly fruiting, despite large and glorious blossoms, and my scant tomato harvest?Ah well, may be they will return next summer. For now, I have visual memories of their glory. Check out these guys. Are they not fabulous?


Happy landing
       Photo: SockFoon










  Delicious!
       Photo: SockFoon



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