Comments on: at the post office http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-214909 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:37:30 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-214909 Hi Janna - Thanks for your kind comments about my blog. Glad that you found the butterfly feeding of some help to you. I agree that the butterfly with the crumpled wings would not fare too well if set loose to fend for itself. We had a Monarch like that 2 years ago and I released it onto flowers in our perennial garden where it wandered around for a couple of weeks before disappearing. I just clicked over to your blog to see the post and photos. Nice project for your son. I think such projects very much contribute to fostering a lifelong interest in the natural world. Hi Janna - Thanks for your kind comments about my blog. Glad that you found the butterfly feeding of some help to you. I agree that the butterfly with the crumpled wings would not fare too well if set loose to fend for itself. We had a Monarch like that 2 years ago and I released it onto flowers in our perennial garden where it wandered around for a couple of weeks before disappearing.
I just clicked over to your blog to see the post and photos. Nice project for your son. I think such projects very much contribute to fostering a lifelong interest in the natural world.

]]> by: Janna http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-214734 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:43:19 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-214734 I just stumbled upon your blog when I googled "butterfly feeding". What a treasure it is! Congratulations on your publication. My 5 yr old son is in love with all sorts of insects, arachnids, reptiles, etc. For his birthday, we bought him a "butterfly pavilion" from Insect Lore that arrived with 8 painted lady caterpillars. Today 3 of them emerged. Two appear normal, but the third appears to have had some difficulty getting out, and its wings seem to have dried in a crumpled position. We had planned on releasing them all, but I think this one will be better off if we find a way to feed it and keep it inside. A couple of months ago, we let our son keep Eastern Tent Caterpillars, daily going to the tree with the tent in it and getting more leaves, until they all turned into cocoons and finally emerged as moths. We released them shortly after they emerged. Photos of them are on my blog. http://keepingupwiththejennings.blogspot.com/search/label/bugs Thank you for posting such an interesting blog. I'll be back again. I just stumbled upon your blog when I googled “butterfly feeding”. What a treasure it is! Congratulations on your publication.

My 5 yr old son is in love with all sorts of insects, arachnids, reptiles, etc. For his birthday, we bought him a “butterfly pavilion” from Insect Lore that arrived with 8 painted lady caterpillars. Today 3 of them emerged. Two appear normal, but the third appears to have had some difficulty getting out, and its wings seem to have dried in a crumpled position. We had planned on releasing them all, but I think this one will be better off if we find a way to feed it and keep it inside.

A couple of months ago, we let our son keep Eastern Tent Caterpillars, daily going to the tree with the tent in it and getting more leaves, until they all turned into cocoons and finally emerged as moths. We released them shortly after they emerged. Photos of them are on my blog.
http://keepingupwiththejennings.blogspot.com/search/label/bugs

Thank you for posting such an interesting blog. I’ll be back again.

]]> by: Cathy Wilson http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-211396 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:18:59 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-211396 Bev. This is such a delight. I will have a copy of that book in my possession for both it's highly useful purpose, but because a bit of the world as seen through your eyes will be found there. Congratulations! Bev. This is such a delight. I will have a copy of that book in my possession for both it’s highly useful purpose, but because a bit of the world as seen through your eyes will be found there.

Congratulations!

]]> by: Kerri http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-207725 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:29:08 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-207725 Congratulations! I just hopped over hear from Nina's blog and I'm so glad I did. I love this cocoon shot! I will be back for more :) Congratulations! I just hopped over hear from Nina’s blog and I’m so glad I did. I love this cocoon shot! I will be back for more :)

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-207249 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:40:34 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2008/04/12/at-the-post-office/#comment-207249 thingfish - You're welcome! I know you have a lot of good photos that would be marketable, so definitely try to make the effort to get your stuff up online. Btw, I don't think you have to set up a personal website or anything. Just get your stuff onto a photo gallery service that allows a reasonable amount of customization of its galleries. I happen to like Pbase over some others. If I were starting over again, I might (possibly) choose an online photo gallery service that also offered photo printing and mailing to customers (although I don't really know if I want to be into that too badly). One important piece of advice for you is to be sure to take and post good photos of invasive species. There's a reasonable demand for photos of them by government departments, etc... thingfish - You’re welcome! I know you have a lot of good photos that would be marketable, so definitely try to make the effort to get your stuff up online. Btw, I don’t think you have to set up a personal website or anything. Just get your stuff onto a photo gallery service that allows a reasonable amount of customization of its galleries. I happen to like Pbase over some others. If I were starting over again, I might (possibly) choose an online photo gallery service that also offered photo printing and mailing to customers (although I don’t really know if I want to be into that too badly). One important piece of advice for you is to be sure to take and post good photos of invasive species. There’s a reasonable demand for photos of them by government departments, etc…

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