California Sister This butterfly journal goes back a bit in time to summer before last when the above California Sister (Adelpha californica) showed up on my front doorstep. Somehow the arrival of this extraordinary butterfly marked a turning point in my attention, as up until then while I admired butterflies I knew little of them […]
Posted on July 4th, 2011 by Kathryn
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“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery.” ~Emily Dickinson After days on end, no weeks on end of rain and further rain at last there is a break in the wet weather. Blue skies, bright sun and a delayed spring have at last returned […]
Posted on June 9th, 2011 by Kathryn
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This adorable creature, aptly named Gabby, accompanied me yesterday on a delightful trek around Gabby’s pastures, where a group of friendly farm animals live under the care and guidance of a lovely woman named Dotty. (I am in love with this cat.) As we wandered about the three acres of property Gabby would meander up […]
Posted on February 21st, 2010 by Kathryn
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