Monthly Archives: September 2008
Don’t Fence Me In!
Devon, England, has some of the most ancient and renowned hedgerows in the world. I haven’t been there in person, but Paula of Locks Park Farm in Devon (link below) took her readers on a virtual tour of the hedgerows on her … Continue reading
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Generation Tattoo
Go to FREE DOWNLOAD of Sinizen’s new album (at left) by clicking on Grass Roots Culture. When I was growing up, the only “person” I knew with a tattoo was Popeye the Sailor Man. Now, I can’t go anywhere without seeing one … Continue reading
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Sunflower Season
Kansas is the sunflower state, but we had to go to Oklahoma to find these vast sunflower crop fields (pictured above and at the bottom) near Quapaw in mid-September. Heading south on Highway 69 in Kansas, we passed mile after mile … Continue reading
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The Mystery of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly
One day a week ago the bronze fennel was teeming with Black Swallowtail caterpillars. The next day, they were gone. Where did they go? Off to the woods forty feet away? I worried about them struggling through the grass to complete their life cycle. It’s … Continue reading
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Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies and Caterpillars
Who doesn’t love a pretty quartet of wings? The flashy appearance of the Monarch butterfly’s brilliant orange and black wings is so perfect for Autumn. And those white polka dots on black? Very stylish and classic. (The design also signals to birds — don’t eat … Continue reading
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Avast, Me Hearty! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Arrgh! Get ready to walk the plank if you don’t talk like a pirate on September 19 – the annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day. No one talked more like a pirate than Robert Newton in his role as Long John Silver in the … Continue reading
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Monarch Watch
You can’t keep butterfly lovers away, even when it’s raining. More than a thousand people, a lot of them children, showed up for the annual Monarch Watch fall open house on Sept. 6 at Foley Hall at the University of … Continue reading
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Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Metamorphosis
Time Lapse – Phoebis sennae Butterfly Pupates-Emerges In this video, a Cloudless Sulphur caterpillar pupates and emerges as a butterfly. Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas held its annual open house Sept. 6, 2008, in its home at Foley … Continue reading
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Queen Elizabeth II’s Scone Recipe
In In 1960, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain sent President Dwight D. Eisenhower her recipe for “Drop Scones,” which she had promised to give to him when he’d visited her at Balmoral Castle. Eisenhower was an avid cook. Elizabeth … Continue reading
