September 11, 2023
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Good morning!
It’s Monday, and look who just emerged from the chrysalis. She’ll sit here for a few hours more, waiting for her brand new wings to dry. And then, with a flutter, off she’ll go.
“Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming.”
—Salman Rushdie
Onwards,
Clara
September 11, 2023
We planted swamp milkweed at camp a couple years ago. It came back this season and I think is propagating itself. Looking forward to the day in entices some monarchs!
I smiled the other day when I was out walking with my husband when, for the first time in probably 38 years (the last summer I spent in Wisconsin before heading south to Texas), I saw leaves that looked very familiar and I thought “could that be milkweed? Am I remembering that right?” And then I looked up and saw the seed pods and congratulated my brain for digging that memory up! I’m going to try to remember to grab some of the ripened pods for my wetland patch. And now that I know the plants are around, I’m going to see if I can spy any are already in the wetland now. The area is FULL of goldenrod flowers and it’s hard to see exactly what else is growing there!