The Good: There are plenty of wildflowers in Shenandoah National Park this month. The Park Service has made a nationwide effort to
help the monarch butterfly by letting milkweed patches grow. Therefore I've been able to get butterfly pictures there, even with my cell phone.
The Random: I spotted this mural in a restaurant in Manassas yesterday. The map is made of actual license plates from various states.
The Fun: We were at the restaurant to meet Allison for lunch. When she showed up, it was obvious that we were accidentally color coordinated!
Linda - wonderful butterfly shots. Our bee balm is blooming now and I have noticed increased butterfly traffic, although no monarchs! Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!
ReplyDeleteHa ha that's great that you both got the purple memo!
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Belas fotografias e muito interessante o mapa dos EUA, aproveito para desejar uma boa semana.
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Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
...looks like great minds think alike.
ReplyDeleteThe license plate mural is quite something to see!
ReplyDeleteA very individual mural with the licence plates :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful that you're getting a lot of butterflies in your area. Thanks for contributing Linda.
Great minds do think alike, even in color choices...thanks for butterflies...so glad they are there!
ReplyDeleteThat black butterfly is very dramatic!
ReplyDeleteluv the purple coincidence of clothing between friends. Have a good week
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Three really neat randoms Linda, and I especially enjoyed that third shot :)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that the Parks service is trying to encourage the butterflies to stay. Nice butterfly pics!
ReplyDeleteLove your mosaic and what a perfect choice of colour you both made :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I remember having milkweed growing along side our dirt road growing up and seeing the butterflies.
ReplyDeleteLove those purple shirts!
Glad to hear that the National Park Service is planting milkweed. I have yet to get any to grow in our yard. Fortunately, some of the flowers I've planted have attracted different types of butterflies. A big yellow type has flown through a couple of times. I think some monarchs flew through in the Spring when it was migration time.
ReplyDeleteThe license plate mural is neat. Glad to see the butterflies. You and Allison are both pretty in purple.
ReplyDeleteWonderful news about the butterflies! Love that mural...how clever.
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