Seen on the Street category archive
And Now for an Interlude 0
Courtesy my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Rose-breasted grosbeak
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
I don’t know how long I’ve had this aloe–long enough to have repotted several times in successively roomier pots.
This is the first time it’s bloomed.
And Now for a Brief Respite 0
From my brother on Virginia’s Northern Neck:
Field of Greens 0
We dropped by Norfolk’s Gardens by the Sea for a while on Saturday. The temperature got higher than we expected, so the highlight of our visit ended up being the ice cream cones from the cafeteria . . . .
Cocoon 0
After the stripping the milkweed plant bare, the Monarch caterpillars settle down for a nap. This one chose the milkweed pot itself.
The milkweeds themselves are amazing. The caterpillars pick them bare–when they have eaten all the leaves, they start start eating the stems–and leaves come right back to feed the next brood.
A Plague of Brocusts 0
And this was just a few of the two-wheeled hazards we saw on the two mile trip to the grocery store. There were others in that same parking lot, as well as some left in the middle of a sidewalk in front of the local thrift store.
A Walk in the Park 0
Sunday, we went to Norfolk’s Gardens by the Sea. Here’s some of what we saw.
Bee on an Echinacea blossom
Box Cat Box 0
She pulled the “drawer” open herself. She likes boxes of all sorts.
The Watcher 0
Another picture from my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
