Oct 18
2007

Black Swallowtail Caterpillar Relocation Campaign

Who doesn’t love butterflies? Everyone loves butterflies. But I do take issue with caterpillars eating my dill, particularly when it’s October and I won’t have fresh dill much longer.

This beast and some of his friends have been having a feast in the garden.

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A bit of Googling tells me this is a Black Swallowtail Butterfly caterpillar, which apparently LOVES dill, fennel and–happily–Queen Anne’s Lace.

I am planning a caterpillar relocation campaign to start right after this second cup of coffee. I can’t just squish them because 1) I would feel very guilty and 2) RuthieJ would never speak to me again. But I am sure I can find some Queen Anne’s Lace where they can move for their second course.

Later Today…Slow Birthday Cake

You’ll LOVE this!

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Robin
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One Response to “Black Swallowtail Caterpillar Relocation Campaign”

  1. Linda Belcher Says:
    July 22nd, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    I love the swallowtails and grow bronze fennel just for them. However, I sometimes forget to cut off the flower to prevent those wasps that eat them. Not too many butterflies for some reason this year.

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February 8th, 2012

Today was Sophie and Sarah’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

They went to the vet to have their teeth cleaned. Sophie came out a few teeth lighter. Both are very tired, hungry, needy and out of sorts.

February is National Pet Dental Health Month, so our vet offers a 15% discount on the cleaning. That’s a big savings. It’s expensive to have a pet’s teeth cleaned because they must be anesthetized. No animal will willingly sit in the dental chair with his/her mouth open!

It must be done though. It’s not just a matter of bad breath—although my little dogs’ breath was plenty bad. Dental problems can lead to more serious health issues.

Well, at least the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day is nearly over. Poor dogs.

Robin

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February 6th, 2012

Another Monday.

Harry and I spent the better part of the weekend painting the master bedroom. We traded off between rolling and detail work and we both made our fair share of messes. For a while Sophie perched on top of a chaise to supervise our work. Sarah was distraught. She does not like change.

Today we get back to normal. I will have to do something about my manicure. Speckled fingernails in Benjamin Moore Light Pewter is not really a good look.

Here’s wishing you a happy, calm and productive week.

Robin

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February 3rd, 2012

If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. We figure it’ll take until Sunday. Harry does most of the rolling—no small chore with high ceilings—and I do all the tedious detail work. You, of course, can pitch in wherever you like.

We’re painting it a dove grey. So if you see some grey in my hair in the next few days, it’s paint. Got it? The grey is paint.

Robin

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February 2nd, 2012

Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate?

We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pull out the photo album of past Groundhog Days and reminisce. We will toast Puxatawny Phil by opening the first bottle of my homemade apfelwein, which I hope is sparkly by now. If it’s any good, you’ll hear more about it.

Cheers!

Robin

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