Purple ironweed, friend to butterflies and hummers. Or spring for those in the southern hemisphere! Yes, we passed the equinox yesterday, ...

  A monarch caterpillar on milkweed in the new meadow. The world is an increasingly unfriendly place for butterflies, bees, hummingbirds a...

I don't usually post a lot about how I spend multiple hours every spring, summer and fall when I'm not writing science fiction rom...