She ate (well, drank) with more enthusiasm this time. After supper, she watched Criminal Minds on Netflix.

A little, at least. She’s also quite fluttery and harder to wrangle. Supposed to freeze tonight, but I put sugar water on this flower to get her to drink, and I guess she can learn to use a fake flower, or even a sponge. I dunno. I don’t want to euthanize her as long as […]

Soooo, I finally broke down and got Troopa in dark green. The colour, I adore. The shape is pretty good. I got them from Amazon, and they were on sale, but still more than I wanted to pay, so I’m sending them back. Since I know they fit, I found them for $30 less on […]

Sarah Jane didn’t seem to want to move around much, and I’m not sure whether she actually drank any sugar water or nectar, but she did make a lovely brooch! The only time she did get flutter-y was when we went outside. I felt kind of bad taking her indoors when I know her instinct […]

I thought all the Monarchs had eclosed,  but found this poor little girl in the small potted fuchsia on the corner of the patio. I thought at first that her wing was just rumpled, but it’s not; it’s deformed, and one of her legs doesn’t work. She can flutter, but not fly. Even if I […]

Also kinda virtuous.  I’ll have to add text later. Also, I forgot to take a photo of the oregano C gave me a couple of weeks ago, but I planted it in the bed with the catnip. Once both of them are established enough to start blooming, that should “bee” heaven. C says that bees […]

“Body looks well-preserved.” “Been some cold snaps last few months. Ground’s frozen.” (Criminal Minds, S03E13, “Limelight”.) Okay…first of all, they clearly show the body in question being dug out from under approximately 12-18″ of soil. The ground is frozen, yet the soil they’ve dug up is at best damp, certainly not wet with melted ice, […]

The pretty orange leaves are mostly gone, so I couldn’t take the picture I wanted, but the leaves are still pretty at work. My toad lilies are pretty,  too. These little fuchsia leaves aren’t exactly pretty, but this is the one that had its leaved turned into lunch, so they’re welcome!

I took the afternoon off (with enthusiastic permission), but even if I didn’t get all of it to do nuffin, I did see some friends and pretty things! Painted Ladies “Hummingbird” Tornado Honeysuckle, still a few blooms. Also, I got this in the mail. I asked how to pay for it, but she said, “Consider […]

I’ll have to add text later! Okay…adding text. 🙂 These are my volunteer red bee balm, and given what I paid for that pitiful little bunch of stems, I’m glad I’m getting a few for free (assuming, of course, that the seedlings somehow make it through the winter. I was looking around in the flowerbeds […]