Sky Watch Friday

Every week the Sky Watch team brings us this great meme. We are very grateful to them for their help. Go on over to the Sky Watch site to see wonderful pictures from all over the world.

All summer I waited for butterflies to discover my garden. Only one or two showed up for months. But at the beginning of October they finally arrived. I guess they were on their way to the shores of Delaware Bay to begin their migration to Mexico. I managed to capture a few to show you.









And all the while, this fellow sat above and watched me and my camera chasing the butterflies.

Autumn Garden

At the start of the weekend, daughter Rita came over to help me get rid of some of the weeds that had taken over my garden. She uncovered the angelonia that was hiding behind - or under - the cosmos and the weeds. I asked her to move it up front.

I really can't believe the cosmos. They are about five or six feet
tall.






The butterfly bush still has some blooms, but is really almost done for the year. But the best thing that made me really happy was that after the whole long summer without a single monarch butterfly, they finally found me. I guess they are on the way to the coast to migrate. Two of them have spent the past few days on my butterfly bush!





It is so sad that their numbers are so depleted this year. It really did warm my heart to see the pair in my garden.






We also found a pair of crickets who seemed to have taken up residence for a while on my mums. So much better on my mums than in my house.



Rita did a great job for me.
Thanks, Rita!



On Saturday, Lisa stopped over. She had her camera with her, and took these two pictures while she was here.



Lisa always takes beautiful pictures.

Camera Critters #25

This morning for Camera Critters I have chosen one of my favorites. It's the end of September, and about now, or in early October each year, the monarch butterflies start their migration to Mexico. Depending on the weather, here in Cape May County, we are treated to masses of these butterflies preparing for their flight across the Delaware Bay. Here are a couple of pictures from a previous year.


One of their favorites is the goldenrod. The more goldenrod, the more butterflies.




There is another photo over on my sidebar.



You can find many more critters of all kinds at Misty Dawn's site, here.

Thank you, Misty, for hosting Camera Critters each week.