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Silent Sunday – King of the Castle

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Although it’s been a dry summer and monarch sightings have been sparse here at the Farmstead in central Maine, these amazing pollinators continue to stop by to visit, lay eggs on our milkweed plants, emerge from their chrysalides, metamorphose into monarch butterflies and fly off on their annual migration to winter inMexico, where their life cycle will begin again next spring… ~ Bette A. Stevens, Maine author and monarch butterfly advocate 

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on 08/29/2022

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  1. usfman said:
    11/06/2022 at 5:08 pm

    Hi Bette- I’ve been wondering why you stopped writing blogs. How have you experienced metamorphism lately using butterfly talk.

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  2. KaLena Bowers said:
    10/19/2022 at 12:30 pm

    Beautiful capture…..I love this photo and thanks for sharing!🦋

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  3. Mabel Kwong said:
    10/13/2022 at 7:44 am

    Thanks for sharing, Bette. Lovely captures by Chris. Really amazing close ups. Great that some friendly ones have stopped by to visit, though few. May you get more monarch sightings soon. Hope you are well 😊❤

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  4. maryannniemczura said:
    09/19/2022 at 9:13 am

    Bette, astonishingly beautiful photos of the Monarch butterflies. I so enjoyed the post and photos. Have a grand week ahead. oxox

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  5. Norah said:
    09/06/2022 at 8:12 am

    So gorgeous, Bette. I love these butterflies, and what a great description ‘king of the castle’.

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  6. Jacqui Murray said:
    09/05/2022 at 11:23 am

    What a beautiful picture, Bette.

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  8. DutchIl said:
    09/03/2022 at 11:04 am

    Thank you for sharing wonderful pictures!!.. glad that you have Monarchs… haven’t seen any here so far, use to have hundreds of them… but change is the law of life and perhaps they chose another path and hope it is for the better!… 🙂

    Until we meet again…
    May your day be touched
    by a bit of Irish luck,
    Brightened by a song
    in your heart,
    And warmed by the smiles
    of people you love.
    (Irish Saying)

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    • Bette A. Stevens said:
      09/03/2022 at 3:55 pm

      Hi, Larry! Have only sighted 16 monarchs so far this summer… It’s been so dry that the milkweed and other blooms are pitiful. We haven’t seen many bees either. May the prospects for creatures great and small improve as we seek to preserve and protect. ❤ Thanks so much for your visit and lovely note, my friend. May your blessings be bountiful always! xo

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  9. Priti said:
    09/03/2022 at 12:16 am

    Wonderful photos! Excellent shot! Cute butterflies! Thanks for sharing 👌👌

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  10. Silent Sunday – King of the Castle – MobsterTiger said:
    09/02/2022 at 6:37 am

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  11. Jan Sikes said:
    09/01/2022 at 11:59 am

    Such gorgeous photos, Bette. I’m glad you were able to capture them!

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  12. Jennie said:
    09/01/2022 at 7:08 am

    Beautiful, Bette!

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  13. D. Wallace Peach said:
    08/30/2022 at 9:08 pm

    Beautiful photos, Bette. ❤ ❤

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  14. noelleg44n said:
    08/30/2022 at 5:07 pm

    Beautiful photos, Bette. We got turned down when we asked to make a butterfly garden, but Gene is busy sneaking butterfly bushes and milkweed into the woods and meadow anyway. Maybe when the homeowners take over the HOA in a few years. Right now we have to kowtow to the developer.

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  15. balroop2013 said:
    08/30/2022 at 11:51 am

    Beautiful! Thanks for sharing Bette.

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  16. Jill Weatherholt said:
    08/30/2022 at 5:14 am

    Gorgeous!❤️

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  17. petespringerauthor said:
    08/30/2022 at 2:06 am

    Incredible photos. It’s so fascinating to see butterflies pollinating plants while drinking their nectar.

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  18. robbiesinspiration said:
    08/30/2022 at 1:04 am

    I am glad there are so many people in the USA who are interested in conserving these butterflies, Bette.

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  19. Marilyn Armstrong said:
    08/29/2022 at 11:45 pm

    I actually saw a couple of tiger swallowtails this summer, but no monarchs. I don’t know if this area was ever home to many of them. If so, it was before I move here. I hope them will come back. We have a hideous garden FULL of butterfly weeds. Good thing the birds like the seeds too!

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    • Bette A. Stevens said:
      09/01/2022 at 10:59 am

      It’s been a crazy year for gardens and pollinators here too, Marilyn… Normally, there is not a day from May to September when we don’t spot a butterfly or two or three or more–not this year. I’ve only sighted 14 Monarchs to date. They’re sipping on phlox now–which was very late to bloom and blossoms are not as bright and extensive as usual. Cheers and best wishes to all of our amazing pollinators. We need them to survive! ❤ Sending lots of love your way! xoxo

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  20. Liz Gauffreau said:
    08/29/2022 at 8:51 pm

    I love the monarch photos, so regal!

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  21. nonsmokingladybug said:
    08/29/2022 at 7:30 pm

    A great pictures, so detailed.

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  22. Sandee said:
    08/29/2022 at 7:30 pm

    Such beautiful photography. It amazes me that they travel for such a long distance for the winter.

    Have a fabulous day and week, Bette. Big hug. ♥

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  23. Rebecca Budd said:
    08/29/2022 at 7:29 pm

    Your Silent Sunday was spectacular, Bette. Love the king of the castle.

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  24. marianbeaman said:
    08/29/2022 at 5:00 pm

    The butterfly closeups are amazing, Bette. Now to read the post. . . .

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