Monday, August 12, 2024

Monarch chrysalis - Sit Spot #1451 - August 12, 2024




Fleur-Ange has collected 3 Monarch caterpillars
This is the first chrysalis



Monday, August 12, 2024  5:50 p.m.

Sit 1451    :    Screen Tent    :     A few clouds

+24°(+28°)    NW 14-22 kph      53% humidity 


(Traffic Noises), 

Goldfinches, 

Mosquitoes,

   (Yes, inside the screen tent

       but not as many as outside),

(Wind Chimes), 

Crows, 

(Jet - Air Canada flight 1105),

   (Toronto - Nashville),

Red Squirrel, 

Wind in trees,


Extras:

1:20 a.m. -

Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

Stars shining,


3:10 a.m. -

Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

Jupiter & Aldebaran shining most brightly in east,


6:24 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinals,

Crows,

Carolina Wren,


Morning Activities -

3 containers of garbage from basement out,

Extra recycling from basement out,

   Slowly gaining on the cleaning,

.8 km Trail walk with Marigold,

To Gretzky indoor track,

   5 km walk


Afternoon Activities -

Work on Digital art,

Afternoon nap,

Opened up the east meadow trail

   by cutting back the side vegetation,

1.2 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Flowers seen through my bug mask:

    Aster, Arrow-Leaved

    Black-Eyed Susan

    Catnip *

    Celandine *

    Coneflower, Cutleaf (Outhouse Plant)

    Coneflower, Gray-Headed

    Coneflower, Purple *

    Coneflower, Tall

    Coneflower, Thin-Leaved *

    Coreopsis, Lance-leaved

    Coreopsis, Tall

    Culver's Root

    Cup Plant

    Fleabane, Daisy

    Horseweed

    Joe-Pye Weed

    Live-Forever *

    Lobelia, Great

    Mountain Mint, Virginia

    Nightshade, Eastern Black

    Queen Anne's Lace *

    Saint Johnswort, Common *

    Spiderwort *

    Touch-Me-Not, Spotted

    Trefoil, Bird's-foot *

    Vervain, Blue

    Willow Herb, Purple-Veined (P-leaved)

    Wood Sorrel, Yellow

    Yarrow, Common *


    Zz Campion, Rose (gdn)

    Zz Daylily (gdn)

    Zz Geranium 

    Zz Hosta (gdn)

    Zz Marigold (gdn)

    Zz Marjoram (gdn)

    Zz Petunia (gdn)

    Zz Rose of Sharon (gdn)

    Zz Stonecrop, Tworow (Dragon's Blood)(gdn)

    Zz Strawberry, Everbearing (gdn)

    Zz Thyme (gdn)

    Zz Trumpet Creeper (gdn)

    Zz Zinnnia (gdn)

Cleaned up some of the cut grass from the lawn,


Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

Carolina Wren,

Rabbit,

Red Squirrel.




August 12 Digital Art





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