It doesn’t get any sweeter . . . our three month old golden retriever puppy, Lily, saying hello to a newly emerged female monarch butterfly before she took flight into the garden.
The monarch caterpillars have not been constant this summer in the gardens, but we have definitely had influxes from time to time. Today, we had six butterflies emerge taking our count to 571 successful releases over the years.
It’s not often the white penta’s have visitors, but this male monarch butterfly was going to town on sipping tons of nectar. It gathered some pollen through his travels too.
My aquatic milkweed has finally grown back enough for the monarch to lay her eggs. It’s always thrilling to watch nature up close and personal!
Another monarch butterfly emerged in our butterfly house. This one a male.
This has been the third monarch to emerge in the new beautiful butterfly house my husband built me, where I can raise three different species
Sometimes I have great ideas . . . such as planting my new milkweed right outside our front window. The monarch’s have been busy. This female came back numerous times to lay eggs.