Sunday Safari

A Great Spangled Fritillary

nectared in the butterfly garden.

The host plant for these butterflies is the garden violet.

Many of these charming plants grow wild in my yard.

Today we welcome August.

We celebrate Lammas, Ladymass, first harvest.

These are ancient festivals.

Often State Fairs are in August.

The Surprise Lilies

create bouquets in the garden.

I am home today.

Staying cool and

enjoying the bugs in my
backyard.

These are sunflower days.

Days full of art

and inner beauty.

These are days filled with patterns

and wonder.

We are making hummus from scratch today.

We are having our Lammas Feast.

I have been seeking inspiration.

I am learning new techniques.

I rest in the heat of the day.

I am respectful.

 I am mindful.

Happy August.
Happy Sunday Safari.

She is lovely

The female

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

is lovely.

A Giant Swallowtail

came into the
Bright Eyed Cosmos.
She is lovely too.

Sunday Safari

                                                Today is
                                      "Day Out of Time".

I am celebrating!

Once again I commit to
living in harmony.

I am reflecting,
 thinking, writing 

                                      
                                         and planning.

I am reading and reading
and reading some more.

I am finding ways I can help to heal
our wounded Earth.

The female
 Tiger Swallowtail,
in her black dress,

is my favorite of all the butterflies.

Two lovely females

came to the butterfly bush.

If I was to be a butterfly
I would want to be a female
Tiger Swallowtail,
in a black dress.

The Buckeye is my husband's favorite.

I go to the gardens
and cut my mint for my evening tea.
These are butterfly days.

Tonight we will walk at moon rise.
We will walk under the Full Buck Moon.

Today I celebrate.
Happy Day out of Time.
Happy Sunday Safari.

Leo the Lion

The sun is in Leo the Lion.

 

   I am learning about these big cats.

I am finding my roar.

I am learning the history
of humans and lions.

I am aware of the lions in my city.
The symbolism of protection is perfect
 for this insurance company's building.

In ancient Egypt the Nile River would flood
 when the sun was in Leo.

These were life giving waters.

The Lion Paw shell is beautiful.

I am looking in my backyard

for an ant lion,
which is not an ant or a lion.

There are big cats in
North America.

We are walking late in the evening
under the waxing Moon
of the Mountain Lion.

I have seen bobcat scat
 in my backyard.

Once again the Spicebush Swallowtail

came to the Butterfly Bush.

I will be checking the
 Spicebushes for caterpillars.

The female Zebra Swallowtail
found the Paw-paws.

We are under a heat advisory.

I am inside.

I am nesting.

 I am honoring my hearth in summer.