Happy Butterfly 

My first 40 years on earth did not exemplify serenity. I intend to change that for the next 40. My personality is assertive. Many people are withdrawn or at ...

When I first began my south Florida butterfly garden, I included a plant called a pipevine to attract a specific black and yellow swallowtail. There are seve...

Some people collect plates, shot glasses, baseball cards or tchotchkes. I collect butterflies. I prefer the living kind (no judgement here, but I don't pin m...

This is a moth larva/caterpillar. I only know this through experience. In this picture it is eating my Desert Rose, but it is commonly called the "oleander c...

You know butterflies drink from flowers. But, did you know they drink from lots of other stuff too? Some butterflies drink from rotting fruit, particularly r...

Every morning I read in my garden with a cup of coffee. It stabilizes me and helps me meditate on the good things in life and the good things I welcome for t...