tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post8457143381093643863..comments2023-10-22T09:42:36.750-04:00Comments on Casa Mariposa: Buckeye Bonanza and Garden FreebiesCasa Mariposahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-45341089794415832502010-10-08T20:44:46.791-04:002010-10-08T20:44:46.791-04:00I love all of your caterpillar pictures! Gosh, I&...I love all of your caterpillar pictures! Gosh, I'm going to have to start looking more closely and see if I can't spot a few in my garden.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591311147406307304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-31566939949142706602010-10-08T19:35:58.642-04:002010-10-08T19:35:58.642-04:00KJ - You are awesome!! A new post will happen some...KJ - You are awesome!! A new post will happen sometime this weekend. There's a monarch caterpillar in the process of making a chrysalis in my gooseneck loosestrife and I'll post about it Sunday night. I'm hoping for more pix by then. Stay tuned!!! :0)<br /><br />One - I know so little about moths and insects. I wish I knew more!! I thought the webworm moth was a long skinny beetle!! <br /><br />Three Dogs - If I posted every heartbreaking story I hear about the dogs at FOHA, people would stop reading my blog. Despite everything they've been through, all they want is food, safe shelter, and love. If humans had the capacity for forgiveness that dogs do, we'd live in a better world. The Latin name for perennial snapdragons is Antirrhinum and they like a lot of heat. Tough little plant!!Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-35033189961237895332010-10-08T13:10:04.208-04:002010-10-08T13:10:04.208-04:00I learned something new from your post. I have nev...I learned something new from your post. I have never heard of perennial snapdragons! They must be missing from local nurseries because they would not be hardy here.<br />Also read the post on the 10 things we didn't know about you. The story about Rigby brought tears to my eyes. What kind of person cuts off a dog's ears? It is so great you took him in. <br />We have a number of things in common. For example, I love reading and make jewelry too. My husband is the son of a man who had a long career in the Canadian forces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-47123193878474697452010-10-08T02:09:19.450-04:002010-10-08T02:09:19.450-04:00Great to know you have got the exact name to that ...Great to know you have got the exact name to that moth. Moths come in many forms, don't they?Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-59082547832015617232010-10-08T01:44:06.387-04:002010-10-08T01:44:06.387-04:00Just read all the comments AGAIN, which means I...Just read all the comments AGAIN, which means I'm a loser or better yet, you need to post another garden story. I am so out of my element amongst this genius garden crowd you've attracted. I hope you'll continue to welcome my amateur comments. : )kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946113931067256579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-19973625771853183522010-10-06T17:40:01.701-04:002010-10-06T17:40:01.701-04:00GWGT - I checked out your blog and you and Onezz w...GWGT - I checked out your blog and you and Onezz were exactly right!!! What a beautiful moth! I had to chuckle at your preferred name of Piet Mondrian bug. Much funnier than the Latin!Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-23548325128679767762010-10-05T23:36:29.588-04:002010-10-05T23:36:29.588-04:00Your cool bug on the sedum is a Ailanthus webworm....Your cool bug on the sedum is a Ailanthus webworm. It is actually a moth common to Costa Rica, but we have them here in Niagara Falls. First year I spotted one. I did a post on it on my blog.http://gardenwalkgardentalk.com/2010/08/18/ailanthus-webworm/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-79547893988169482802010-10-05T21:09:15.614-04:002010-10-05T21:09:15.614-04:00Missy - Gardening without any surprises just would...Missy - Gardening without any surprises just wouldn't be as much fun. :0)<br /><br />KJ - I love raptors! We have Red Tailed and Cooper's Hawks here that sometimes hunt in my garden. I've never seen them catch anything. The little birds must know they're coming since the garden will go completely silent until the hawks leave. They are so beautiful to watch.<br /><br />One - I like weird people especially weird gardeners!! Being organic and letting nature control itself isn't weird, it's smart! I think blasting the outdoors with chemicals is weird!<br /><br />Marguerite - Every year Mother Nature reminds me that she is the teacher and I am forever her student. The garden is truly hers. I'm just allowed to play in it!<br /><br />Kris - One of my neighbors is so used to seeing me covered in dirt and sweat that I actually had to introduce myself when he saw me dirtfree and didn't recognize me! I'd lived behnd him for about 5 years!! :0)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-48564538816485519622010-10-05T07:48:10.470-04:002010-10-05T07:48:10.470-04:00What a buckeye bonanza! I, too, have done the jum...What a buckeye bonanza! I, too, have done the jump for joy dance on many occasion when the garden blesses me with some surprise. I think the neighbors have finally gotten used to it... ;-DKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-26038900749594403722010-10-04T11:17:14.595-04:002010-10-04T11:17:14.595-04:00That's fantastic news. Right when you think a...That's fantastic news. Right when you think all is lost mother nature steps in and does her thing!Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-49513656987661597422010-10-04T02:25:53.469-04:002010-10-04T02:25:53.469-04:00Hahaha! I am so overjoyed to meet people like you....Hahaha! I am so overjoyed to meet people like you. Whenever there are visitors (human), they would expect me to get rid of caterpillars. I don't and others think I am weird.<br /><br />Btw, I believe the photo up there on the right is a moth. I captured something quite similar.Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-70381928579220132312010-10-04T00:07:49.944-04:002010-10-04T00:07:49.944-04:00: )
All I can do is smile right now.
I absolute...: )<br /><br />All I can do is smile right now. <br /><br />I absolutely adore your love for butterflies. Right now, I'm in love with Hawks I believe as much as you are in love with B-flies. Maybe I'll study a bit this winter and surprise you next year with some B-fly sightings of my own. Love your enthusiasm, and I'm totally there with you!kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946113931067256579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-20105861171556671262010-10-03T22:47:16.166-04:002010-10-03T22:47:16.166-04:00It's often the unexpected surprises in the gar...It's often the unexpected surprises in the garden that are a greater thrill than the perfectly grown specimen. Well I think so anyway.Roslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940119240313980400noreply@blogger.com