This happened . . .

"Don't cry because it's over.

Smile because it happened."

- Dr. Suess

Well, it's a little bittersweet.

I think the time has come . . . it's getting to be late in the season.

I think this was probably my last butterfly to emerge.

This is my almost 30 something Black Swallowtail, a female, a tiny one at that.

1. You can tell the male from the female when the wings are open. The male has

more yellow spots and the female just has more blue in general.

2. Random act of kindness . . . after having lunch with the hubby I was driving home

and spied this coral vine growing along the fence across from where I turn. I had

my camera with me, so I pulled over to get some shots and I hear this voice.

"Ma'am, that's my house and vine and you are more than welcome to take

some cuttings with you." Oh yes, I will be going back with my sissors, thank you!!

3. My find this week . . . ah more caterpillars . . . but not just any caterpillars, Tersa Sphinx

Moth caterpillars. The ones that turn into a Tersa Sphinx Hummingbird (or hawk) moths. They

are often mistaken for hummingbirds as they can hover just like them. They have been coming

to my purple trailing lantana at dusk as they are nocturnal. I decided to try my hand at raising these

guys . . . flying by the seat of my pants on this one, wish me luck (well, or them)!

4. Last nights game 42-8!

Yep, that's my boy #22 with some serious vertical and hang time. He had a really great game (they all did), considering he was just playing two weeks ago with taped wrists because of a break through in his arthritis. My photog buddy David let me borrow his 70-200mm f2.8 lens last night . . . that was a treat. Usually when I get to borrow his lens(s) it's for varsity, so it was fun getting to use it for my boys game.

 I was lucky to get some shots of him with his tackles . . . it seems he is always on the opposite side of the field when there is a big play. OR, the ref gets in my way, how rude! Someone needs to have a serious

talk with these guys, LOL!

5. Hard to believe I haven't been to the sunrise in months. They have been doing some construction, in fact my birding trail has been closed all summer. It was only supposed to be closed for like 6 weeks? So this is a new spot, and I kinda like it! Oh but when the time changes, it's gonna be real early for a while!

So this is my week in randomness. I missed my normal posting yesterday because of random item #1. The

chrysalis had turned black so I knew it would eclose but they are so hard to figure out when. So I brought the dill plant is was on upstairs with me and set it down on my desk and kept glancing back and forth. But then I heard "the sound" of the chrysalis trying to open. So I grabbed my camera and the plant and tried

to get down the stairs and outside in time . . . I almost missed it. The poor butterfly, it was so windy she was

having a hard time holding on to the plant. She had an easier time holding my finger. Let's just say I got really sidetracked and it got late and then it was the game . . . 

I hope you all had a great week of randomness too!

Love, Kim

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