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We have seen fewer Monarch butterflies than we had this time last year - but that might be down to the dampish nature of the last six weeks. When I found the patch of milkweeds they looked completely unscathed:
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But on my way back home a Monarch appeared and posed for me in the clump of trees next to the pond, as if to reassure me that they haven't deserted the farm completely.
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2 comments:
Hi Amanda,
Lovely butterflies - we seem to have a shortage of them over here this year :(
Thanks so much for your donation to my 'open garden' and the link over here. I hope you enjoyed your visit - do come again!
How elegant and beautiful they are too! I just keep seeing orange ones in my garden. Don't know what it is with the orange. Orange dragonflies too...
Brenda
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