Photography & Photos

[poddster]

This thread is about photography and photos, not to be confused with the Weekly Photo Challenge.

The thread is an ongoing one with no time limit and no challenges.

Anyone is welcome to submit photographs here for everyone's viewing pleasure.

Questions and comments should pertain to photos or photography. 

[fayekinnitt]

I can't believe the number of insects I find on our milkweed plants.  We've have a number of monarch caterpillars too.  The first pic is one that is almost full grown - I kept watching to see where it was going to form its chrysalis, but couldn't find it.  The second photo is an itty bitty one that was only a few days old.

[tcmsecretuseid]

They(fayes photos) are so pretty. I want to buy a lot more milkweed... now that I know that I can keep it alive for longer than a day. 

[fayekinnitt]

I never purchased our milkweed plants - they are like weeds around here - and quite invasive.  I keep a section of them for the Monarchs, but am constantly having to remove new shoots from coming up between our deck boards, lol.

[tcmsecretuseid]

LMAO. I went to a special "save the Monarch's" plant sale. I think I paid $10 for a tiny 3" half dead plant. 

I was thinking today that I might have paid too much. At least I have a lot of butterflies in my yard.  

If it's possible, it will be me who is capable of killing a weed. 

[fayekinnitt]

I think California has a different type of native milkweed plant(?)  I know you would trouble killing ours (Midwest).  I hope your milkweed makes it.  Do you have any native plant nurseries out there?  They may have the plants at a more reasonable price.

I planted another section of the yard with "butterfly garden" seeds this year.  Lots of pretty plants & flowers - but the butterflies don't seem to care for them so much, lol.  

[green.fields]

Great photo's even though I do not like bugs.

Just thought I'd share a couple tulip photos, they have just started flowering.

[green.fields]

[tcmsecretuseid]

Very pretty, roserobin. What kind of tulips are those? They don't look like the tulips I normally see. Your tulips have multiple layers of petals. 

[green.fields]

TCM it called "Double Price" tulip and is from the double tulip family. I bought them specifically because they were different to normal tulips.

[jenni200011]

These are two related Devon Rex ..They are a very spoilt pair