This beauty was clinging to our door. It's a Spiny Oakworm Moth and the caterpillars have spines and feed on oak leaves. Now you know as much as I do.
Another sunrise, courtesy of John.
Butterfly Bush with not a butterfly in sight. I've seen very few so far this year and it scares me to think what that may mean.
I arrived early for my appointment to have my hair trimmed, and was taking a picture of this shiny blue bike when its owner, the previous client, emerged. (I smudged his face as I hadn't asked his permission to put him online.)
Kinda love this sort of 'beauty parlor' where it's one at a time and the clientele is, like me, pretty no nonsense. The fancy busy open sort of salon would not work for me at all, though as a writer I'm sure there would be lots of juicy conversations and interesting characters. My loss.
I finally remembered to get some bubble bath for the girl. She usually has a bath after dinner up here. (She usually needs one too,) She thought the bubbles were a great idea.
And the river --- always a pleasure to see it on my way in or out.
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I've had many more butterflies this year on my Lantana than I've ever had. We lost count at 30 the other day. Would that be called a "swarm" of butterflies?
I saw a couple of Kayakers yesterday on the French Broad as I rushed through Asheville on an errand. They were going downstream north...wonder whether they could go a far as you. I think there are a couple of dams, but maybe they can go over them.
We haven't had many butterflies in your yard, either, this summer. But — good news — lots of bees around our oregano! Seeing them makes me so happy.
We used to have big flocks of butterflies on our butterfly bushes, but no more. We seem to have fewer moths too.
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