Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 31, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Oh boy! Do I ever have a lot to catch up on!!
You all have been posting such wonderful pics!! Bsharf, I love the buckeye in the last thread.

Thanks Mellie for starting this new one.. great job with the sulphurs and everything.

Great WP pics Cat and yes the birds do go for the fruit. I keep fruit out for several of the birds that rarely or never eat seeds. Thanks for posting the pics ..Mrs Ed was right, the RBWP is a stunning photo! The Cardinals are fantastic too!!

Sheila~ Sorry I didn't get right to the Conservatory picture posting last Friday, I bet you thought I fell off the face of the earth. Truth is, I did.

Magnes had some bad illness last week and he was kind enough to share it with me, (isn't he sweet?) With me it turned into pneumonia... I was so sick I couldn't do anything, even thinking was hard. It was pretty horrible. I went from thinking I was going to die, to wishing I would...
Thank God I am getting better now. Last night was the first night i had more than an hour of sleep all at one time and it looks like I am going to live.

I had some help pulling me out yesterday, and wouldn't you know it would be a butterfly. Last fall I had several overwintering chrysalids and one of the Giant Swallowtails decided to eclose. This was the last thing I expected because we had SNOW the night before. It was pretty cold back there in the mudroom. I am sure there is more to that than meets the eye, Lord knows I needed some help out of the pneumonia stupor. This really had to be some kind of divine intervention.