This female Monarch was happily joining a few bees on our Joe Pye weed by the piazza deck out front. I noticed her when I was leaving some peanuts for a front lawn chipmunk and rushed in to get my camera. She didn't stay long, but I managed to get a photograph.
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This day came in with a rainy start, but cleared up and was quite warm.
I retired from public school teaching after happily spending twenty eight years playing in Kindergarten. Now I fill my days watching cat antics, taking endless...