When Retta went out this morning to do her early chores around the barn, she discovered this beautiful large moth on the trunk of a black walnut tree.  She told me to go and get the camera before the moth departed, and fortunately, when I arrived with camera in hand, the moth was still there.

In the following photo, I am not trying to catch the moth, but this was the only “handy” way to indicate scale –

A few years ago Retta again discovered an interesting find on an oak tree in our yard.  I have never encountered this kind of aggregation of caterpillars before, and we haven’t seen it happen since.

Last, but not least, I cannot forget to include my friend Morton, who keeps constant watch over me as I perform my yard chores.

AN APPOLOGY TO ALL:  I am sorry for possible slow loading times in the last few posts.  I was working on another project, and forgot that I had tinkered with my JPEG compression settings.  I have reset it to a more appropriate level for the blog.  Photo load times should be quicker from now on, as the file sizes will be much smaller.

When Retta went out this morning to do her early chores around the barn, she discovered this beautiful large moth on the trunk of a black walnut tree.  She told me to go and get the camera before the moth departed, and fortunately, when I arrived with camera in hand, the moth was still there.

In the following photo, I am not trying to catch the moth, but this was the only “handy” way to indicate scale –

A few years ago Retta again discovered an interesting find on an oak tree in our yard.  I have never encountered this kind of aggregation of caterpillars before, and we haven’t seen it happen since.

Last, but not least, I cannot forget to include my friend Morton, who keeps constant watch over me as I perform my yard chores.

AN APPOLOGY TO ALL:  I am sorry for possible slow loading times in the last few posts.  I was working on another project, and forgot that I had tinkered with my JPEG compression settings.  I have reset it to a more appropriate level for the blog.  Photo load times should be quicker from now on, as the file sizes will be much smaller.