Already today we saw a chicken, a lizard, a ladybug and a humming bird. We never know what treasures we will find in the gardens.
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Picnicking in the gardens today
Picnicking in the gardens today. Reading Mary Poppins. Observing tadpoles. Collecting rocks.
favorite seating in the garden
Monarch in chrysalis stage
Monarch in chrysalis stage, in cocoon at the gardens, hanging from a redwood tree.
For reference this what the caterpillar looked like before in the larvae stage. Hanging out with milkweed, the plant of choice for monarch butterflies.
finding ladybugs in ladybug looking poppies
finding ladybugs in ladybug looking poppies