Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily Picture 84 started 12-11-10, 1 by lepfarmer

lepfarmer wrote:
No thanks, Mrs. Ed. I'm as far north as I ever intend to live. I saw on the news that you guys in Illinois got slammed with the same storm we had -- only much worse. Right about now Costa Rica is looking pretty nice... I know what you mean about doing a double-take at a leaf. I've reacted the same way in similar circumstances.

Sheila, I've been wanting to add a water feature in my yard but just haven't taken the plunge (if you'll pardon the pun). The birds are just devouring the food almost as fast as I can fill the feeders. Now they're talking about yet another snow event the middle of next week! Enough already!

Last weekend, the day before the weather started to turn, I had a newly eclosed female Great Purple Hairstreak flit past me in the driveway. Here's a photo of a male taken a couple of months ago.

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com