Monarch Butterflies Love Our Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed)

— Posted inNature — 1 min read

We have two butterfly weed plants in our backyard and this seems to be the time of the year the monarchs are busy producing new monarchs. It seems everywhere we look we can see monarch caterpillars.

The monarch’s and the butterfly weed seem to have a symbiotic relationship.

This is to give an idea of the coloration and number of antenna of the monarch caterpillar. (Better photos are just below)

When it is time to eat, nothing stops these caterpillars.

Everything edible on the butterfly weed is devoured,

Up and down the stems they go.

The arrow points to a caterpillar. Don’t ever think it is easy to photograph these caterpillars. I was using my Sony RX100 III and between the angles and the glare on the screen from the sun, my ratio of good shots to bad was roughly 1 in 4. Disclaimer: no monarch caterpillars were harmed in the making of this blog post.

A Warm Fire on a Chilly Evening

— Posted inEclectic — 1 min read

A New Monitor For the Wife

— Posted inTechnology — 1 min read

Her monitor was acting up once again, and her having vision problems we decided that a much better monitor would be a good thing. What a difference it is making in her life. This is one of those, we should have done it long ago things, that while you regret not doing it earlier and so glad you finally did do it. And it is not just the sharpness of the images on the screen, it is also that it is fully adjustable three different ways, vertically, horizontally and tilt.