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Feb 12, 2016 9:36 PM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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We're getting pretty warm some days! I've started putting out sugar water for the bees...I really love watching them, for whatever reason. Soon the Arizona Ash will bloom and they'll switch to that. But also coming around lately has been the butterflies, coming to the sugar water, pieces of old fruit and also to flowers, although not a lot of blooms yet. Most of the butterflies are Red Admirals, who compete with the bees. On the warmest days there's more...occasional buckeyes, American Lady, Variegated Fritillary, Gulf Fritillary...and today was the first Juniper Hairstreak of the season. Last weekend there was also a tiger flying up overhead. Just got back online after my computer was fixed...maybe I'll take some pics soon!
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
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