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Month: June 2019

I Am Woman, See Me Weld

I Am Woman, See Me Weld

There comes a time when everyone needs their own space.  Living in tight quarters usually promotes this more often than for people living in McMansions.  Needing individual space comes more from having a tween than anything else.  If you have had or currently have a boy tween then you understand this next statement.  Boys stink.  Must be a puberty thing cause it is not a shower thing as taking showers is a daily act of frustration for all at Boxes…

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Doing the Monarch Caterpillar Chomp

Doing the Monarch Caterpillar Chomp

A couple of months on one of my many numerous trips across the deck, I happen to glance over and notice a marvel. Another monarch caterpillar chomping away on a tropical milkweed flower bud.  Unlike the leaf chomper, this caterpillar was chomping as if his life depended on it.  In a way, I guess it does.  Also, unlike the leaf chomping video, this video contains no video editing as is filmed in real time.  In a little over five minutes,…

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Butterfly on Film

Butterfly on Film

In the last few weeks, Boxes in Fields has turned into a nature’s playground.  With warmer days, more and more hummingbirds have been seen and heard flying about, bees in various shapes and sizes are always within sight of the Esperanza, and the butterflies are appearing on their migration paths.  What an amazing experience!