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Nearly everyone dreams of moving to the country at some point, but few people are crazy enough to actually do it. I'm one of those few. In 1994, when I was 26, I sold my little bakery cafe, packed up 200 boxes of books & antiques, & waved goodbye to my native California. Armed with a very basic knowledge of gardening, an overenthusiastic sense of adventure, & lots of naivete, I ended up on a 280-acre, 140-year-old farm in the middle of nowhere. I became cook, gardener, shepherd, farmhand, vet, surrogate mom, wildlife expert, sheep midwife & animal undertaker. My prep school education & graphic design background were useless. I went from attending restaurant openings & gallery receptions to working the rural fire dept's BBQ booth at the crafts fair & munching fried pies at country auctions. Nine years ago I moved to an even more remote 240-acre farm which I share with sheep, chickens, 4 dogs, 9 cats, 5 very entertaining donkeys, & one really well fed farmguy. My life revolves around food.
Labels: butterflies and moths, pollinators
posted by Farmgirl Susan at 8:07 AM
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15 Comments:
OOO .. how very beautiful. You are sooo lucky too. Have a great day Farmgirl Susan.
WOW. I only get black Swallowtails here who munch down on all my yearly parsley! Now I just buy parsley at the store.
WOw... what a beauty!!
Look around--there is probably something beautiful right behind you.
Yes - my daughter,playing with the cat. I needed to read this right at this moment... thank you.
Long time lurker here, but had to come out and say WOW! (as if noone else did already, lol) I've seen so many beautiful butterflies these last couple of days, and even though I've had my camera out, I haven't been able to snap a single picture - good thing I can count on you to do it!:-)
gorgeous!
That is a beautiful butterfly. I put in some butterfly bushes last year and I was blessed enough to get some really great shots of them too:) Everytime I see a butterfly I think of my grandmother, she loved butterflies and her refrigerator was covered with butterfly magnets:)
Beautiful flutterbye! Swallowtails have always been one of my favorites.
gorgeous butterfly. I think it was lucky 13 in spirit.
What a beauty.
How beautiful!
Wow, very beautiful!
Spring is here and summer is not far off! Thanks for the reminder Farmgirl!
wow! what a beautiful shot!! s/he posed perfectly for you!
Surely that butterfly landing so close has to mean good luck or something. Right! The luck that you had your camera and could share it's beauty with us!
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