June 1st

This, my friends, is a chrysalis of a 

Monarch Butterfly.

I just noticed it on Saturday past.

I wasn't sure of the type of catepillar

inside, so I Googled it.

The article said that in 9 to 14 days

the transformation will be complete.

It'll become a Monarch.

The chrysalis will start to become opaque

and then you can see the new butterfly

inside a day or so before it

completely emerges.

I'll be on the look out for that!

Can't wait!

Also....

Today begins the Atlantic Hurricane season.

It's supposed to be overly active.

I hope those predictions won't come to pass.

This year has had enough.

Globally, we need a break.

Coronavirus, Australian brush fires,

Locust swarms in Africa, Earthquakes,

Political and Social unrest....

Feels like a return to the '60's.

Almost a century ago a man named John Calhoun

a research psychologist, discovered that

overcrowding and sequestering rats

produced behavioral changes of

social order breakdown and 

population unrest.

It was almost as if the rats had an innate

"self destruction button".

His work has been referenced in many

doomsday fictionalized books and movies.

But....

It's uncanny that this scenario

has played out time and time again

in the human population that,

intellectually, should be above these

rat-like behaviors.

Lord, I hope we can get it together

and rise above these times like

that Monarch butterfly.

Amen.

🐛

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Hazel

sitting on my lap.

She just needed her human cuddle,

then she jumped down to 

search for bugs.

🐔

Not to be left out,

Pepper had to get a pat too.

Cantaloupe.

We took out the non-producing squash

and planted this.

Hopefully, we'll see a good crop from it.

This is an heirloom

Watermelon.

The CEO planted it in hopes of adding

more fruit to the produce gardens.

It'll offset all the potatoes, tomatoes, corn,

bell peppers, artichokes and mirlitons

…. and Brussels Sprouts.

My domain.

The herbs.

This is just a small part.

I'll harvest and dry most of it.

Some of it , I freeze in cubes of olive oil.

It's so nice to be able to use my own

herbal blends in cooking or soap making.

The Gardenia is still blooming.

It's peak is early spring,

but those waxy fragrant flowers

are so beautiful, we hope they

bloom all summer.

Ruby, Pink and White Begonias

The mailbox mini garden.

It has 3 different colors of 

mums and several gladiolus.

We have no idea what 

color the glads will be.

I love a flower surprise!

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Some of the harvest.....

There are 5 different kinds of tomatoes

and a cucumber.

We usually pick from 4 different kinds of lettuce

and add some of these guys

to our extremely tasty salads.

Now if we could only find some bacon seeds....

This is my "mug shot".

It's chai tea.

It's so relaxing to sit at the bay window 

in the kitchen and watch the hens, birds and 

squirrels. 

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Anonymous quote of the day...….

"Be like a sunflower,

on your darkest days

face the light.",

💗