Friday, June 27, 2014

flight

I'm fascinated by butterflies and inspired because I'm reading Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior, and..it's gardening season!
monarch


nectar table at The Butterfly Farm in St. Martin


People are always enchanted with the butterflies during the  exhibit at Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I love watching the interaction.  (The first photo of this POST is of a butterfly on a girl's nose!)




 LINKS:
The Butterfly Farm  St Martin (Caribbean) --Monarch butterfly caterpillars need milkweed plants on which to feed.  Find out how, in the US, you can get free milkweed seeds.  There is a link to a USA state by state guide of where butterfly exhibits can been seen. 
Krohn Conservatory
Monarch Butterfly website --lots of information
The Butterfly Site --awesome site with a plethora of information.  Look under "Gardening" for a list of plants liked by a variety of species of caterpillars and butterflies.  There are links to butterfly varieties found state by state in the Us as well as other countries.
Barbara Kingsolver


Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is  "F." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!  


Thank you, Ms Jenny, for hostessing another round!

  
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11 comments:

  1. Abby / LindaJune 27, 2014 at 2:59 PM

    Gorgeous! Love that last one! Never seen one like that!

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  2. BeadedTailJune 27, 2014 at 5:10 PM

    Butterflies are so beautiful! I'll have to look up that book!

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  3. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie RascalJune 27, 2014 at 6:09 PM

    We LOVE butterflies too !
    To bad they are so hard to catch on photos.
    XOXO

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  4. JennyJune 28, 2014 at 2:07 AM

    I love your butterfly exhibit. It's nice to have one nearby. Beautiful butterflies. xo Jenny

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  5. DuniJune 28, 2014 at 5:11 AM

    I just love that photo of the butterfly on the girl's nose!
    You've captured some beautiful butterflies here :)

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  6. Linda BJune 28, 2014 at 12:50 PM

    Beaufiful pictures of lovely creatures.

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  7. Sarah LeonardJune 28, 2014 at 1:23 PM

    I love butterflies too - they're often to be seen making an appearance in my art works :)

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  8. AnonymousJune 28, 2014 at 6:39 PM

    These are beautiful photos. I love seeing the butterflies around my farm.

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  9. Paige @ Little NostalgiaJune 30, 2014 at 8:43 AM

    I'm fascinated by butterflies, too! We don't get a lot of them in our yard, but our neighbors have a ton of flowers and they always get some floating by. :-)

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  10. BirgitJuly 1, 2014 at 2:17 PM

    I also love butterflies -- great photos. If you want to see the butterflies in Munich's Botanical Garden, just click here.

    Greetings from Germany,
    Birgit

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  11. JennyJuly 2, 2014 at 11:39 AM

    I haven't seen that book! I'm going to reserve it at the library, though.

    I love butterflies but I don't like them to land on me.

    Yeah. I'm a weinie!

    Thanks for a fantastic link for the letter F this week.

    A+

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