Monthly Archives: August 2012

In The Lion’s Jaws

Dorothy and Karlee

Dorothy and Karlee

We took a trip up to Carolina Beach today because Cathy’s mom was there with some of her friends. We saw this on the way and I stopped as we passed it coming home so that Dorothy and Karlee could pose in the lion’s mouth.

This is the entrance to the Tregembo Animal Park (http://www.tregemboanimalpark.com/). According to their web site (so it must be true!) it is “South Eastern North Carolina’s oldest zoo. The Tregembo family has owned and operated the zoo in the same location for over 50 years.” Of course it was closed when we were there, but it was worth stopping for the picture, anyway.

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Brookgreen Gardens

Live Oak Allee

Live Oak Allee

Dancer, by Edward Field Sanford, Jr. (1886-1951), Bronze, 1917

Dancer
Edward Field Sanford, Jr. (1886-1951)
Bronze, 1917

Reaching, by EvAngelow William Frudakis (born 1921), Bronze, 1996

Reaching
EvAngelow William Frudakis (born 1921)
Bronze, 1996
Gift of Dr. Pierre Rioux

The Diver, by Stephen H. Smith (born 1958), Bronze on granite base, 2007

The Diver
Stephen H. Smith (born 1958)
Bronze on granite base, 2007

Tiny Tree Frog

Tiny Tree Frog

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Ralph and I drove down to South Carolina to visit Brookgreen Gardens today. Brookgreen is the legacy of Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington. It was originally a rice plantation but was bought in the early twentieth century by the Huntingtons. They turned it into a sculpture garden which their web site describes as having “the most extensive collection of figurative sculpture in an outdoor setting by American artists in the world.”

The old plantation house is gone but the grounds contain an extensive garden with sculpture throughout — some large, some small, some whimsical, and some classical. There is a pavilion with sculpture covered and protected a bit from the elements as well as a pair of indoor exhibits (which are also air conditioned!). There is a wonderful allee (a walkway lined with trees) featuring old live oaks (Quercus virginiana) pictured here and many and varying garden “rooms.”

I can’t possibly show you everything, or even everything I photographed so I’ll limit myself to a brief selection. One of my favorite sculptures is simply called “Dancer” and is a bronze by Edward Field Sanford, Jr. (1886-1951) from 1917. This is in the Brown Sculpture Court so photographing it is a bit more difficult (lower light). As someone or other said (and I have no idea who said it first), “I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like.” This is one that I like. There are actually quite a few at Brookgreen that I like.

Let me pause here to interject an interesting fact about the Huntingtons. They shared a birthday, March 10, with Archer being born in 1870 and Anna in 1876. Then, they got married on March 10, 1923. From then on, March 10 was known by them at their “three-in-one-day.”

Another work that I like (and this one happens to be in the Brown Sculpture Court, as well, is called “Reaching” by EvAngelow William Frudakis (born 1921). This bronze from 1996 was a gift to Brookgreen from Dr. Pierre Rioux.

The first time we came to Brookgreen, Cathy took a picture of this sculpture and there was a water lily on the surface of the pool. She lined it up perfectly so that her picture made it look like the woman was reaching for the lily. I had no such fortune this year. Still, one that I like.

In addition to the sculpture there are plaques with short poems carved on them. Reading one of them made me sort of chuckle to myself and as I write this on a public blog, I continue to chuckle. Here’s a slightly modified version, with apologies to Emily Dickinson:

I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us — Don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
And brag about your blog!*

Cathy asked me if the garden had changed any since last time. There were a few things that have changed since we first came ten years ago. I didn’t recognize this sculpture, called “The Diver” by Stephen H. Smith (born 1958). Since it was new in 2007 (the gift of John Sanders in honor of Ann Beal Sanders) I guess that explains it.

There is also a walk now out to the creek that runs behind the gardens. The creek is actually a branch of the Pee Dee River. Our favorite thing about that was the signs that said, “Swimming and wading are prohibited. It is illegal to feed the alligators.” Enough said.

There is small wildlife throughout the garden. We saw a snake (a little black snake lying on top of a trimmed shrub), lizards, lots of huge grasshoppers, birds, and I saw this tiny green tree frog on a leaf. It’s only about an inch long.

In addition to the gardens there is a Low Country Center (which we skipped this time) and a small zoo which has, among other things, a cypress swamp aviary. That’s where I took the photo here of a black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). There are also ibises and a few other birds. We saw otters and alligators, as well as a few owls and hawks and two bald eagles.

It was quite warm but all in all, I’d say I had a enjoyable time at Brookgreen. I’d come again (and plan to).

* The original last line is, “To an admiring bog!”

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Looking For Shells

Looking For Shells

Looking For Shells

No trips anywhere today. Just a relaxed day at the beach. In the afternoon we took a walk up the beach to the pier and back. This is Dorothy and Cathy walking back to our house, looking for shells.

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Family Beach Photo

Family Photo

Family Photo

As we usually try to do when any number of us gather for any occasion, we took a group picture before leaving the beach. It’s not a full family picture, like Uncle George got, but we got what we got. We had a nice time at the beach and I for one enjoyed the varied weather we had. I could hope for temperatures about ten degrees cooler but this is southern North Carolina and it’s going to be warm in the summer. That’s life and worth it for family.

Note that we did not all wear the same outfit. We are not even color coordinated or arranged by height or age. This is just a family picture, taken as we are. Thank you.

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Pier Patterns

Pier Patterns

Pier Patterns

I already posted the family picture from today but thought I’d also post this one, which I like. It’s just a pier out into the Intracoastal Waterway near where we were at the beach. Actually, it’s the next door neighbors of one of my mom’s second cousins. Mom and her brother had visited earlier this week but we drove out there on our way out, so that the rest of us could see her house and where she lives.

I like the pattern of the crossed boards and the way it’s reflecting in the water.

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Two Silhouettes In Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg Silhouette

Fredericksburg Silhouette

Leaf Shadow

Leaf Shadow

On the way home from the beach we stopped in northeastern North Carolina for a mini family reunion. It was wonderful to see so many folks and we are very thankful to those who planned it as well as everyone who could be there. If you were not, we were sorry to miss you.

We drove a bit further north after that and spent the night in Chesapeake before driving the rest of the way home today. Rather than take interstate 64, which had very heavy traffic, we decided to take US 17 as far as Fredericksburg, getting on interstate 95 at that point. That route is a bit longer, distance-wise, than I-64, but I nevertheless recommend it highly. Traffic varied from light to practically non-existent. Definitely a more pleasant drive.

We stopped for a bathroom break in Fredericksburg, Virginia and I took these two pictures near the visitor center. The first is the side of a building, obviously, and I like the simple pattern of bricks against the sky.

The second is a picture of a line painted on the parking lot pavement, marking the space I parked in. As you can see, there was a leaf on the pavement when the paint was put down. The leaf is gone now but it took the paint with it, leaving another silhouette.

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The Craigs Visit

Brian, Ginger, Kristine, and Brandon

Brian, Ginger, Kristine, and Brandon

Since we were away until yesterday afternoon, we were glad to have our good friends the Craigs over this evening. A few other friends who also missed seeing them over the weekend were able to come and it turned into a bit of a party. It wasn’t completely without incident (wait for tomorrow’s photo!) but what joy to have them in our home, even for a little while. How we miss them.

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Dorothy and Friends

Cat, Simone, Dorothy, and Julia

Cat, Simone, Dorothy, and Julia

In addition to having the Craigs, et al, over (see previous post), Dorothy had a few local friends here. I took some pictures of them after most of the others had left so I thought I’d post one of those, as well.

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Thumbthing To Think About

In yesterday’s post about the Craigs visiting I mentioned that the visit wasn’t completely without incident. This post explains that a little. Do not adjust your set. There is nothing wrong with your picture. Because some folks will not want to see the pictures, I have hidden even the smaller versions so that you must click on the links to the right to see them (the images should open in new windows/tabs). If you are bothered by a little blood, don’t. They are not really all that bad, but you have been warned.

I was trying to cut the rind off a piece of Parmesan cheese. It was narrow piece and about half rind. I should have laid it on the rind, chopped through that and then cut the rind off the smaller pieces. But, no. I like to claim that I was distracted by the arrival of the entire Craig entourage and their presence in our smallish kitchen but the fact of the matter is that I was being careless. I was also using a large and quite sharp knife. In general, a sharp knife is safer than a dull one, because you don’t have to use so much force with a sharp knife. In this case, there was a lot of force being used and when the cheese fell over and the knife came down on my thumb, naturally it did some damage.

I don’t know if the cut went to the bone or not. It certainly felt like it did, but then, this isn’t a feeling with which I have a lot of experience. Nor do I want to gain such experience. I stopped the bleeding (mostly), washed it a bit, and kept my hand elevated for the evening, which helps explain why I only have a few photos from the evening. Before they left, Kristine helped me change the dressing. The bleeding had stopped by then. The next morning (today, 08/07) I stopped by my doctor’s office and got three stitches, which is when these pictures were taken.

Enjoy, or not, as you see fit.

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Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia)

Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia)

Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia)

For those who were not happy with the first post from today, here’s one that should be less of a problem. This small moth was on the door to my office building when I arrived today. Very pretty little thing.

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Atteva aurea (Ailanthus Webworm Moth)

Atteva aurea (Ailanthus Webworm Moth)

Atteva aurea (Ailanthus Webworm Moth)

With the proliferation of Ailanthus trees throughout our region, it isn’t too surprising that the Ailanthus webworm moth is also fairly common. They are quite distinct and fairly easy to spot, with their white, orange, and black wings. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get both wings and head in focus in one shot. This was the best I could do without a tripod.

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Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus Moth)

Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus Moth)

Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus Moth)

So, lots of moths lately. This is a Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) and is another that was on the side of my office building. A coworker came to my office and told me about it and I went down and took a few pictures. When I left for the day it was still there but had its wings folded which gave a nice reflection in the glass on the side of the building. This was taken with flash.

Polyphemus was a the cyclops that Odysseus ran into on his journey. He was the son of Poseidon and Thoosa. The moth is named after him because it has a single eye-spot on each wing. They don’t really show up well in this picture and are more obvious from above.

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Collin’s Farewell

Collin's Colorful Coif

Collin’s Colorful Coif

Collin has been the middle-school director at Fourth Church but is moving, with his lovely wife, to the south and the next stage in their journey. They will be missed greatly. A farewell party was held for him (and for them) this evening. He’s a pretty good sport and let the kids color his hair a bit. Bon voyage, Collin and Kristen.

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Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak)

Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak)

Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak)

I went out in the back yard today to take some pictures of a couple spicebush swallowtail butterflies (Papilio troilus). Those pictures didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked so I decided to post this one of a much smaller little butterfly, called a gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus). I was working without a tripod because the swallowtails were up too high in the buddleia, so even this one isn’t as sharp as it should be.

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Rachel and Rick

Rachel and Rick

Rachel and Rick

Two of the nicest people I know and a third of one of the nicest families I know. That’s saying a lot, because I know a lot of nice people. This is Rachel and her dad, Rick, who I don’t get to see nearly often enough.

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Getting Ready To Paint

Julia and Dorothy

Julia and Dorothy

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth taking your time and doing it right. On the other hand, we have a tendency to stretch things out a bit more than they absolutely need to be stretched out. Case in point. We started stripping the wallpaper in Dorothy’s room in July 2010 although it wasn’t until January of this year that we really got most of it down. Anyway, Julia came over and they worked on washing the last of the wallpaper glue off the last wall. That one needs the most work with the spackle because the wallpaper had been put directly on the drywall and the paper layer was pretty torn up. We’re making progress now, though.

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Harold The Classy Scotsman

Harold The Classy Scotsman

Harold The Classy Scotsman

I’m not sure what to say about this post. It’s a photograph of a drawing and while I took the photograph (which earns it the dubious right to be posted here), the drawing was done by Dorothy. We were at a friend’s house and Dorothy started drawing on their whiteboard. This is how it ended up. Interesting.

Note that Harold is wearing argyle socks and wing-tip shoes. Also, I’m informed that he is wearing tails but you can’t see them from the front. He thinks that bow-ties are cool.

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Three Sisters

Ellen, Katie, and Hannah

Ellen, Katie, and Hannah

Here’s another photo that doesn’t need much description. The three beautiful daughters of Stuart and Donna.

From left to right, Ellen, Katie, and Hannah.

Thanks for letting us intrude when Hannah came home for a few days.

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Joel and Margaret

Joel and Margaret

Joel and Margaret

There are people we see all too infrequently and these are two of them. Since they spend much of their time overseas it is understandable, of course. I was wondering how we’d be able to make time to see them this summer when I got an e-mail saying they would be heading our way this week and would like to see us. Naturally I was thrilled.

So, for those of you looking for more bees or butterflies, sunsets or flowers, sorry, it’s just another picture of people. But such people as this…

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Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady)

Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady)

Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady)

I went out to take pictures of skippers on the Verbena bonariensis but ended up with a pretty nice picture of a painted lady (Vanessa cardui) on a black-eyed Susan. It’s a pretty little butterfly, not particularly rare but I’ve found them difficult to get close to. This one let me get a few shots off before fluttering away.

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Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug)

Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug) nymphs

Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug) nymphs

There are only a few fading flowers left on the Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) in our yard and there are masses of gossamer bejeweled seeds. While taking the previous post’s picture of a butterfly I noticed masses of these nymphs of the large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Like many insects that feed on milkweed, they are colored orange, telling would-be predators, “don’t eat me, I don’t taste very good.”

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At Rocklands

Dorothy, Cathy, Diana, and Janis

Dorothy, Cathy, Diana, and Janis

It’s been a while since we have been out to see our friends at Rocklands Farm so when I got a message from Janis asking if we wanted to come for the evening we were delighted. There were some of the young and beautiful dancing and having a nice visit with each other and then there were the people we knew. Actually, I chatted with and even took pictures of the others but not many and it would be a little creepy if I posted a picture of people I don’t know. Not that I haven’t done it before but I decided to be non-creepy this time.

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Back To School Party

Gabby and Dorothy

Gabby and Dorothy

Dorothy was not happy about going to the back-to-school class party. She said a back-to-school party is like a wake for summer, which I suppose it is. Still, we went. As usual, I took pictures. I’ll post a few more on Facebook when I get the chance but my photo for the day is one of Dorothy and Gabby.

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Cleaned Guest Room

Dorothy In The “Flower Room”

Dorothy In The “Flower Room”

From the time we started stripping the wallpaper in Dorothy’s room she moved the lion’s share of the things that had been in her room into what was going to be our guest room across the hall. For about two years that was her dressing room, play room, and basically everything except sleeping room. Much of the time it looked as though a tornado had come through, since she had more clothes than dresser drawers.

On a few occasions she cleaned the room and got things reasonably organized but there was simply too much stuff for the space and entropy inevitably won the day. This week Dorothy began what can only be described as “the great purge.” She went through everything and decided what she wanted to keep and what she was willing to give away. To her great credit, she was fairly ruthless and I would say that about half her clothes and more than half her things were put in the “get rid of” pile.

So, here is “the flower room” in a state that it hasn’t seen since, well, it seems like forever.

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Bedroom Painting

Two Different Colors

Two Different Colors

I’ve mentioned a couple times recently that we’ve been stripping the wallpaper in Dorothy’s room and getting it ready to paint. Well, the painting started today. We let Dorothy pick the colors and while I don’t think I would choose them, they look alright. I don’t know that they show up in this picture the same as they do in actuality, but they are reasonably close. We went with Olympic paint and the pairs of opposite walls are each painted a different color. The yellow on the larger walls is called Fall Gold (A17-5) and the purple on the wall with the window and on the wall with the door and closet is Grape Popsicle (A42-5).

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Synanthedon scitula (Dogwood Borer)

Synanthedon scitula (Dogwood Borer)

Synanthedon scitula (Dogwood Borer)

Synanthedon scitula (Dogwood Borer)

Synanthedon scitula (Dogwood Borer)

I was taking pictures of wasps on the mountain mint again today and happened to see this little critter on the black-eyed Susans next to me. At first I thought it was some odd wasp but it didn’t really look right for that. The next thing I thought was that it looked more like a sphinx moth than anything but it was too small (about 1.5 cm long) and not really like any sphinx moth I’ve ever seen.

Armed with that impression I did some searching and discovered a fairly large family of moths called Sesiidae or clearwing moths (about 1370 species in 151 genera). If I’m right (and I’m waiting on confirmation by an expert), this is a dogwood borer (Synanthedon scitula). If not it’s something very like that. Their larvae bore into the bark of many ornamental, fruit, and nut trees. They do significant damage to dogwoods but are also a significant problem in apple orchards.

Anyway, I’d never seen one before so, despite their generally unwelcome nature, I was a bit excited to get a few pretty good pictures of one.

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Moon and Clouds at Sunset

Moon and Clouds at Sunset

Moon and Clouds at Sunset

I really would like to have a good long lens to get great moon and sunset pictures but tonight it actually worked best to have only a moderate telephoto with me, as I wanted to get the colorful clouds in the picture as well.

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Butterfly Wing

Butterfly Wing

Butterfly Wing

When I got home this evening I noticed three butterfly wings on the sidewalk. No idea where the fourth was. Anyway, I propped one up on some plants and took a few pictures. If you look closely you can see the tiny scales that give the wing its color.

I haven’t looked it up but at a glance I’m thinking a fritillary, but that may be wrong.

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Night Lights

Night Lights

Night Lights

On my way home this evening, after work and a meeting at the church, I realized I had only taken a couple pictures today and I really didn’t know how good they would be. I don’t promise that my pictures will be good and I think sometimes that I live down to that promise. Anyway, I used my dashboard mount on the way home to get some long exposure, abstract images. As usual, most of them are not worth looking at but I sort of like this one.

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Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle

Flowers of one of the prettier ornamental honeysuckle vines. This one is growing in my brother’s back yard and, I suspect, drawing hummingbirds.

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Our Favorite Creative Anachronist

Sir Stephen

Sir Stephen

Have you heard of the Society for Creative Anachronism? According to the blurb on their web site:

The SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe. Our “Known World” consists of 19 kingdoms, with over 30,000 members residing in countries around the world. Members, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which feature tournaments, royal courts, feasts, dancing, various classes & workshops, and more.”

Well, our nephew Stephen is one of them. This is him, sporting the armor he made (the metal helmet was purchased) working with his slapping dummy (see The Master of Disguise). I think I’ll leave it at that, except to say that his armor, while not necessarily enough for actual edged weapons, was pretty impressive. Oh, and perhaps it should be pointed out that in addition to dressing up like a medieval knight, he recently earned a doctorate in biostatistics.

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Iris

Iris

Iris

Since I posted a picture of Stephen, I thought I’d post one of his sister Iris, as well. With Ph.D.s for parents and older brother, she decided to change things up and is well on her way to an M.D.

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Going Ape

Treetop Adventure

Treetop Adventure

We spent the morning today with my family at the Go Ape course at Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park. I was fun and everyone had a good time, although I won’t deny that there were a few moments when some of our group were less sure they really wanted to be there. Here is a picture of Dorothy, having crossed one of the longer bridges and ready to move on to the next, which as one of the trickier crossings with hanging platforms that swung a bit. That’s not to say any of it was really hard. Since you are firmly attached to an overhead cable, you can always just sit down and pull yourself across. But you can make it more challenging by taking your weight off that tether and pretending it isn’t there.

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Heading Back To College

Lyla, Eshe, and Stephanie

Lyla, Eshe, and Stephanie

It was nice to have a few of our college-age students with us at church this morning. Here are three of them who will be heading off tomorrow — Lyla, Eshe, and Stephanie.

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Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)

Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, male)

Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, male)

It was a bit late in the day before I went out to take pictures so the light was a bit low. I didn’t take a tripod but the problem was more with the subject moving than anything else. Butterflies don’t often sit still when they are feeding. I managed to get reasonably close to this tiger swallowtail but his wings were fluttering and he was moving about the whole time. I also saw a sphinx moth (most likely genus Hemaris) but the pictures of that are too blurry to be worth much.

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My Condiments To The Chef

Condiments, Bombay Bistro

Condiments, Bombay Bistro

Dorothy and I went to Bombay Bistro for dinner tonight and enjoyed a meal of chicken tikka makhani and paneer matar accompanied by garlic nan and sweetened with mango lassis. A very nice meal and a nice time with my lovely daughter. I took a few pictures of the meal and some of the decorations at the restaurant but I like this one of the condiment tray best. The green is the one I ate most of.

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More Milkweed Bugs

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

On August 16 I posted a picture of large milkweed bug nymphs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on a milkweed seed pod. I was out in the garden again this afternoon and see that they are still there, although the seed pods have opened up and are spilling their seeds.

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Junonia coenia (Buckeye)

Junonia coenia (Buckeye)

Junonia coenia (Buckeye)

This is a buckeye butterfly. Seen with its wings open it is particularly beautiful. The underside of the wings are not nearly so nice but it’s still a pretty little thing. It fluttered away from me a few times and then landed here and let me get quite close, but only with its wings held together. This was taken in the late evening so I had to use flash to get enough light.

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Friends Over For Dinner

Cathy, Dorothy, and Margaret

Cathy, Dorothy, and Margaret

We had our wonderful friends, Krystal and Mike, over for dinner this evening, along with Cathy’s mom (who is much more than a friend, of course). They don’t like having their picture taken, however, so, although I took a few pictures of them, I’m posting one without them. So, if you know them, just imagine them off to the right, ready to eat.

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