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Life Cycles

7/23/2018

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I learned about monarch life-cycles mostly from Mary Lehman Yoder, who every summer had a few caterpillars she tended on her back porch. One memorable Sunday, she brought a jar with a chrysalis to church and the butterfly emerged during the service.

For years I'd look for a caterpillar of my own and didn't find any. Somewhere along the way, I learned to recognize the signs -- a monarch on a blooming milkweed, the tiny ribbed cream-colored egg, the telltale holes in milkweed leaves, the teeny caterpillars in first or second instar (of 5 stages the caterpillar goes through, shedding its skin and getting bigger), the frass (poop) produced by the large 5th instar caterpillar. 

A couple of years ago was the "summer of the monarchs," as we found, raised, and released a dozen monarchs. Last year I didn't see even one. This year I have been seeing butterflies or caterpillars every day -- they have been thriving on the milkweed in our backyard. We've tended 5 on our back porch but have been leaving the rest in place. Some day I hope to find a chrysalis in the wild.

I continue to learn from Mary. This post is in honor of Mary and her family, and the life cycle realities they are in the midst of these days.
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Just hatched, with the remnants of the egg to the right above this tiny, probably very hungry, caterpillar.
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Backyard Summer II

7/13/2018

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 Another backyard, another celebration. This one was celebrating the creative music-making of the Theory Expats, Andrew Pauls, Sadie Gustafson Zook, and Ethan Setiawan, together again. If you're on the East Coast, you too might have a chance to hear them play this summer. Check out www.facebook.com/TheoryExpats/ for their schedule and to hear some clips of their music. 

The dragonfly liked the music enough to settle on an overhead wire for an extended time.
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Backyard Summer I

7/13/2018

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A summer evening at St Julian's Home for Restive Critters, also known as David and Sarah's place. The restive critters are 2 humans, 3 chickens, and 4 cats these days, but this evening they were joined by four generations of the Henry D and Sallie Weaver clan. There was watermelon and black raspberry eating, marshmallow roasting, chatting, frisbee throwing, water play, and later, firefly catching.

There is also fire of a different kind in my backyard these days -- daylilies and sunflowers in sunny bloom.
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Summer Days

7/5/2018

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Summertime. A blaze of bright colors in a bouquet, and a collection of monarch caterpillars in various stages. After not seeing any monarchs -- caterpillars or butterflies -- last summer, this summer there has been a multitude. We saw our first two in a stretch of wildflowers along the train tracks which were then mowed down. So I took in the next 5 or 6 I found in my garden, planning on sharing them with young friends. Since then I've been leaving ones I find in the garden where I find them. Maybe that way I'll find a chrysalis in the garden some day.
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Tessera 6: Many Marys

7/5/2018

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In addition to the translation we use and the pictures we’ve seen, our assumptions about a biblical text are shaped by ​​the traditions we are part of and the interpretations we’ve heard.   . . . .

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    My approach to contemplative photography --
    "Pay attention.
    Be astonished.
    Tell about it."

    Mary Oliver in "Sometimes"

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