Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!   I hope this year brings you lots of good health, luck, and happiness!

What better sign to welcome the New Year than a newly hatched butterfly...

I found this Monarch butterfly - Danaus plexippus in my front yard garden.  There have been a lot of caterpillars this winter that have completely defoliated my Milkweed (I did plant them for the Monarchs).  I have also had a few Gulf Fritillaries - Agraulis vanillae hatching from their chrysalises in my backyard close to where my Passionflower grows.