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The leaves contain a poisonous sap, but the flower buds are edible if thoroughly cooked (I haven't tried this, yet). As I looked at the plant I was thinking that I have yet to see any Monarchs this year. Then I realised that there were two Monarch caterpillars on the milkweed that I was photographing, so there must be some around:
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The dark clouds might not have been that photogenic, but I did like this white one, which seemed to resemble a map of Scotland. Or the way I draw the map of Scotland, anyway (i.e. a bit vague and woolly around the west coast):
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5 comments:
Yes, great minds are thinking alike today Amanda. I love to have some milkweed in the garden to attract the monarch butterflies. I better get out and search for some caterpillars so I can have some photos of them this year.
Amanda you got some great pictures here girl ! I so want butterflies to leave their young on my garden plants .. dill fennel butterfly weed .. I have so many choices but nothing is happening yet .. BIG sigh.
I love the cloud picture .. and yes it does look like Scotland ! LOL
I've never seen monarch caterpillars! They are beautiful!
The caterpillar is very distinctive. Hope the butterflies appear in more numbers soon.
I was hopeless at drawing Britain at school - I always used one of those plastic shapes with the main towns marked. Not much good at geography either!
I can confirm that it's definitely Scotland. Never seen a cloud with the Hebrides included before!
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