We are, in Wisconsin, at the cusp of the great Monarch migration. The beautiful butterflies that we're seeing now are the offspring of ones that came up from Mexico last spring. And they're slowly getting ready to head south to their ancestral homes. By the end of October, they'll be gone.
It's been a good year for Monarchs and, indeed, we've seen more than the usual number here, at the farmette. And it doesn't take a lot of effort to see even more: after breakfast (two out of the four of us are ready to eat!)...
... Ed and I take the motorbike to Lake Farm Park up the road. The prairie flowers, now heavy with goldenrod, attract a good number of these winged creatures. A few photos for you from our walk...
Afterwards, we linger with our weekend visitors in the farmette courtyard. We try to convince them that taking two little kittens home is a terrific idea, but their drive back to Washington state is long and these guys would have a tough time of it.
(Happy looks on...)
Eventually our friends leave. The cats stay. Ah well... that may be their fate for now.
I think a little about the flower fields. There is still a lot of gold in them! (The occasional day lily!)
And the nasturtium are really having a wild ride!
But soon, I'll have to turn my attention to preparing the fields for winter and spring. I have bulbs to plant. Some perennial seeds could go in now. Maybe this week. But not today.
When Ed tries to coax me to drive over with him to the Sunday farmers market on Monroe Street, I balk. I need a nap! Still, we do go. There is a vendor who sells authentic corn tortillas and we want some for dinner.
We linger for a bit, checking out some of the other stalls. I buy some cheese pastries ("geese feet") from this Russian baker...
And when we return home, I fall asleep on the couch. It's been an incredibly busy week!
In the evening, the young family is here for dinner.
(Dessert: someone has a sweet tooth!)
(someone loves an evening walk outside...)
A full day, following a full week and a fuller month!
Good night, harvest gold, good night butterflies, good night children everywhere...
It's been a good year for Monarchs and, indeed, we've seen more than the usual number here, at the farmette. And it doesn't take a lot of effort to see even more: after breakfast (two out of the four of us are ready to eat!)...
... Ed and I take the motorbike to Lake Farm Park up the road. The prairie flowers, now heavy with goldenrod, attract a good number of these winged creatures. A few photos for you from our walk...
Afterwards, we linger with our weekend visitors in the farmette courtyard. We try to convince them that taking two little kittens home is a terrific idea, but their drive back to Washington state is long and these guys would have a tough time of it.
(Happy looks on...)
Eventually our friends leave. The cats stay. Ah well... that may be their fate for now.
I think a little about the flower fields. There is still a lot of gold in them! (The occasional day lily!)
And the nasturtium are really having a wild ride!
But soon, I'll have to turn my attention to preparing the fields for winter and spring. I have bulbs to plant. Some perennial seeds could go in now. Maybe this week. But not today.
When Ed tries to coax me to drive over with him to the Sunday farmers market on Monroe Street, I balk. I need a nap! Still, we do go. There is a vendor who sells authentic corn tortillas and we want some for dinner.
We linger for a bit, checking out some of the other stalls. I buy some cheese pastries ("geese feet") from this Russian baker...
And when we return home, I fall asleep on the couch. It's been an incredibly busy week!
In the evening, the young family is here for dinner.
(Dessert: someone has a sweet tooth!)
(someone loves an evening walk outside...)
A full day, following a full week and a fuller month!
Good night, harvest gold, good night butterflies, good night children everywhere...
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