tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post3142613497647606415..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Monarchs in the Act, Mantis Dinner, A Sage HummerBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-64516203482933634382010-09-10T15:57:55.489-05:002010-09-10T15:57:55.489-05:00Loved your images. It takes patience to get such s...Loved your images. It takes patience to get such shots. I liked the mantis image. I never see them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-32342483204261872162010-09-08T18:13:38.390-05:002010-09-08T18:13:38.390-05:00What a delight it must be to witness the monarch&#...What a delight it must be to witness the monarch's transformation! You have presented some very nice photos. I love caryopteris, and mine is blooming too. (My current post has a photo of it) This is also my favorite time of the year to plant; and fall planting is better for our plants, too, because it gives the roots time to become well established before next summer's heat. Good luck debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-50216306411844063222010-09-08T13:58:53.405-05:002010-09-08T13:58:53.405-05:00Les--Has it been wet by you? I don't know if e...Les--Has it been wet by you? I don't know if everything is so lush here because it's year 3 for my garden, compost, or 7" of extra rain.<br />Randy--Geeze, nice story! We try to be careful where we place the monarchs when we release, but of course they'll fly off wherever they want. But no crab spiders, assassin bugs, or manti (?).<br />TM--A crochet elk? That sounds terribly Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-16543810481108833742010-09-08T09:39:44.935-05:002010-09-08T09:39:44.935-05:00Wow! Really great photos! Impressive! Although the...Wow! Really great photos! Impressive! Although the headless butterfly is not for the weak! Great shots of the hummers, but I especially love the macaro of the grass seed head...lovely!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123627573356760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-60577111382446159352010-09-07T11:52:49.992-05:002010-09-07T11:52:49.992-05:00I can't recall a better year for Virgin's ...I can't recall a better year for Virgin's Bower around here. There's still a few straggling flowers but most are well on the way to becoming Old man's Beards.wiseacrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-56036561218028824092010-09-07T09:52:30.386-05:002010-09-07T09:52:30.386-05:00Jeez, Benjamin...resorting to posting butterfly po...Jeez, Benjamin...resorting to posting butterfly porn? Tsk, tsk.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Great shots, I have been enjoying my hummingbirds as well. I fear that this is the end of the road to watching them for another season. I think they disappeared last year at the end of September...Kynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-48919600499085180312010-09-07T04:55:22.274-05:002010-09-07T04:55:22.274-05:00Caryopteris blooming, Indian grass blooming, droug...Caryopteris blooming, Indian grass blooming, drought, drought, drought. One bright spot, drought has controlled the explosive growth of the Japanese stilt grass.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-41759517854726887602010-09-06T22:34:23.080-05:002010-09-06T22:34:23.080-05:00I like both negative spaces, actually... but am mo...I like both negative spaces, actually... but am more enthralled by the Indiangrass photo, since my caryopteris is already blooming. (But my Indiangrass is not.) ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-56098493490794233832010-09-06T22:34:01.770-05:002010-09-06T22:34:01.770-05:00Quite a lot going on in your garden! Not sure abou...Quite a lot going on in your garden! Not sure about that hummer above the fireplace, though... I myself would favor a crochet elk (even seen them?).Town Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09777461911856383480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-62392913917168483772010-09-06T21:32:53.267-05:002010-09-06T21:32:53.267-05:00Benjamin,
Lucky that mantis has not gotten any Mo...Benjamin,<br /><br />Lucky that mantis has not gotten any Monarchs, they will eat therm. Back in 2004 I tagged 50 Monarchs one day on Seaside Goldenrod in VA. The next day I found one of my tagged Monarchs being lunch for a mantis.Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-39877136569506120562010-09-06T20:39:50.824-05:002010-09-06T20:39:50.824-05:00This is not my favorite digging time, that will be...This is not my favorite digging time, that will be in another couple of months. Although it has been pleasant enough to dig hear, what I really want to do is cut back summer's rampant growth, but I have misplaced my machete.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.com