Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, One of Nature's Most Beautiful … on CREATIVE ARTS THREE-DAY WEEKEND
Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada, and is common in many different habitats.
© A. Mac/A.G.
First thing First:
THANKS TO BUZZ FOR LAST WEEK'S ARTICLE! Greatly Appreciated!
A. Mac
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
Thanks, A. MAC
Article is LOCKED by moderator [A. Macarthur]
Tags
Who is online
50 visitors
First things first.
THANKS TO BUZZ FOR LAST WEEK'S ARTICLE … Greatly Appreciated.
A. Mac
Any time - I'm at your service.
Let it fly!
whew, one less flying creature I don't have to feel guilty about when they hit my windshield at 70+mph...
L'il Bit at rest
Copyright 2024 TomEArtSite
fur missile...
She is really hard to get a picture of. When I tried to get in a better position to change the perspective a bit, (I thought that lower with some of the greens starting to come through the browns would be a nice foreground) she moved and came over to me... Gotta love 'em
she's using her camouflage ...
It is amazingly difficult to pick her out once she has settled down. Hours have been spent looking for her. And then there she is, almost invariably behind you.
Evening...what a great photo..I miss that nose being shoved in your face at 3am checking to see if you are awake..
My collie Shona had a nick name of "long nose"..came in very handy prodding me..I miss her so much..
smart dogs...
That is REALLY funny - Hallowe'en for dogs.
Did you name her shona or did she name you shona?
Morning..no I named her Shona..🐾🐾
even your own house pets attack you in oz...
As the saying goes: "Cute as a button".
Arvo...think one of our most spectacular butterflies and my favourite is the Ulysses butterfly..
Lives up Northern Australia in the tropics...
Not my photos...
Another new family in the hood.
LOL. It looks like they're glued to her.
A short unedited video of my endler/shrimp tank with the waterfall. It continues to evolve...
I stole some dwarf sag (the short grassy plant in front) from the 40g above and put it in the 60g cube. I also ordered 3 pots of cyprus helferi (the tall grassy plant in the back) and put that in last night. I didn't see any green hair algae last night either, so I hope that phase is over.
you're about to be knee deep in guppies...
I'm going to have to start separating them. I'll put the females in the 40g here and separate out the males to the office tank. That will have to wait until June though.
I used to breed them to feed them to the carnivores in my other tanks to slow down their cannibalistic carnage...
I don't have any big fish that would eat them. Even the betta would probably ignore them like he does with the couple of shrimp left in his tank.
get one of those screened birthing tank inserts, but remove the mother after she pops or she will eat them. take my word for it, the other tank inhabitants will chase down the fry... my tiger barbs and angelfish loved them...
The pair of jewel cichlids I gave my sister last month just laid eggs! She's going to have 200 babies in a couple of days.
Update on the cichlid eggs - As sometimes happens with new fish pairs they ate the eggs.
caviar yum, they're all cannibals...
Did it have to be a youtube?
The tank is a fish's water wonderland.
Unfortunately that's what I already have access to.
I was sitting in my backyard one afternoon when this guy dropped in for a visit.
(© G. Gam)
a reincarnated hippy from laurel canyon...
Look! There's Joni Mitchell!
To see more --
Wow, GG, that was a real gift for an old weekend hippie from those 1960s. It's great to see all those images of Joni (who I never before heard her call herself or write the name "Joan"). She made the rounds of CSN&Y, and although she and Neil, both Canadians, were good friends, she brought David Crosby to my house, wanted to know how I felt about a few of her new songs, but he was such an asshole I couldn't wait for them to leave.
It's strange to see a whole article posted on the Weekend article, although I guess composers are creative and many of those mentioned were. However, it is a good way to have it last for a few days because I don't think a lot of NT members these days care much about the life we lived in the 1960s, and the music scene back then.
I had hair as long as I could grow it in the 60's and early 70's. I was really into the music, too. I still listen to a lot of our music from back then. I used to drive through Laurel Canyon a lot, or visit friends who lived there. I still drive through it occasionally to get over to town. I have a friend who until recently lived on Mulholland, so Laurel Canyon was convenient to his house.
I couldn't let my hair grow long cause I had mostly pretty conservative financially successful clients, but I did have actors, musicians and artists as clients as well.
I was a teenager. I moved to Berkeley for my last two years of college. I turned 21 after my first year there and cut my hair. Go figure.
I counted 3 pipes in that link...
Did you offer it a drink or anything?
Yes, nectar. It liked our garden and stayed for a nice long visit.
The Waiting Room (© G. Gam)
oh yeah... nice...
Thanks.
Now THAT'S creative.
Thanks much.
Red Foxes, Father and Son Seeing Eye-to-Eye
© A. Mac/A.G.
hey kid, seen any cats?
Wouldn't that be "Hey, Kit" ??
yeah, but when I eventually thought of that it was too late to edit.
With eye to eye and nose to nose,
For life of fox, that's how it goes.
If you live in the Northern US you might want to head outside tonight, the Northern Lights are amazing. This is from southern Missouri.
Certainly worth a squizz that's for sure..
I am not sure I want to know what a "squizz" is....
Gidday...squizz is take a look at something..
I had a squizz under the car bonnet to look at the engine..
you probably wouldn't want to input that word into any rhyming software...
I can't see the lights from where we are now, but I did see them when I was at my lakeside home north of Toronto.
Arvo...the Aurora Australis (Southern lights) over parts of Australia last night...
Not my photos...
Those are beautiful!
Arvo George...we have been very fortunate here this year with the Southern Lights.. don't normally get them lasting for so long...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY FROM THEODORE.
Theo is the unofficial greeter for Stone Creek, he loves everyone including all our wildlife, there isn't anyone in Stone Creek that he hasn't drooled on.
Everybody loves Theo.
I sure hope that dog is reptile wary...
That alone would be enough to make you want to move there...🐾🐾
I took my golf cart to a friend's house to visit and when I came out there was Theo sitting in the passenger seat wanting to go for a ride. His owner was searching the neighborhood for him, he had learned to open the back door on their house and let himself out.
I couldn't take my boat out unless my dog Baillie would race ahead of me and jump into the bow. See?
Tell Theo he's got some love from the other side of the world as well.
Thanks to all; back Thursday night.