Caught some afternoon "popcorn" showers
A bit of rain encourages everything.
While the vegetables are long gone, any perennials that surived the drought have bloomed.
These echinacea are a coupla years old, the constant drought has resulted in some incredible dwarfing... of the ones that didn't die...
![tiger swallowtail butterfly nectaring on clasping heliotrope](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI87bxGthHx6Ytd4LwadWtQNW3ogjNxecBYYDqfTA3lDTTGFHA51uVoTEllLN9Il_n-OH-9tNaixuYE5bp6HyfpYT2Nf0PGPUzE1iQLiUWctdcbDjdNEvpWsQ4FpbYY1wBqaKVqAgXdeW/s200/heliotrope.jpg)
The clasping heliotrope are incredibly drought proof, and the tigerswallowtail butterfly is happy to feed on this native delight.
![treefrog on milkweed plant](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_QX1bvBim1lAPz10d4xW8qbAIZGvGUv2v4GDcnPfJFkxMZpUbmo95A-znodScLKFU-ZGdJQ1nXBGJ4q_eiGtT1BRCwqBP2xWX5OtBLuPjqyOlCPAdM2oqm8xGIty_C0lBcjSUWlTC431/s200/hypno.jpg)
Tree-frog onna milkweed Asclepias syriaca... They aren't going to eat the monarchs, are they?
![monarch butterfly](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mCLoRpJUEOjzS93ntW-wQUtVwuJoAXYWT85IfZj7oUfjIkfOVbjucWBJ83H_o2RVKwBnScIE8NbOBhnhLH2fXK7JmxxGrPgCNZeeTUTXXLeZtnjKD94Gu_FkwwTSKrTU6ncmEcHXBIyy/s200/monarch.jpg)
Speaking of which...
The monarchs are back!!
Monarchs take their time getting to middle GA. I saw some monarch caterpillars in the Spring, and was surprised by the unusual earliness of the sighting, I don't know what happened to those out of time babies... these guys are right on schedule.
![black tiger swallowtail mating rituals](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy33wbgYy3TZNr4qpRetoRPyftso49PC_RWX6jhGuhPfPpFfZD2Gr-pFNXXJq9oythk0fNQBr7OgaLfbhgayI9JSnnK8LgAH-OMNrgEeoCmH0DKOledpeLNLtTyB9rD5ExAv_zpvrXFbFU/s200/sex-games1.jpg)
Always fun watching butterfly mating rituals...
![black swallowtail mating rituals](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv7RhwNaOK225I5Gc1BMVl-sxKLY2SooSWzBdFJqQDsmzqUadVDftmb34YOj0yl9fsCmAhwcc8Y3zNIGPi5Ty5ASEclG4Xn8w-cT_g5Q4aiq9GGT0shyvSkHwsjGLCkh-NNvgComcBmce/s200/sex-games.jpg)
![persimmon fruit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgCmsvbp0vAe89wh586M6S_wYWvgvzs2KkS8argmuaPG_gdcULMk22-IwS44-3xC2DHArXNzQC-Bpb3Kn7oXMFL8UVodIjPsbHxvJRO2PYPM68gRPN30gTr98rvia1Qgp88lnSJYHWhjT/s200/fruit1.jpg)
There were no persimmons last year, I'm seeing some fruit this year!
While the vegetables are long gone, any perennials that surived the drought have bloomed.
![dwarfed echinacea](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTHv-H2-JukxQzzJ7ada-x0cKoH8Qm72OhkId62SR2Uq1rmO5XaQXT_HSnVGi8J4gtCyRJv4gK_XchKYwD5ZZNdGI0aENolBr0ymbqsiYnltJXSrzw-xklc3BytK9AP9bIzAbTuse3Blj/s200/echinacea.jpg)
![tiger swallowtail butterfly nectaring on clasping heliotrope](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI87bxGthHx6Ytd4LwadWtQNW3ogjNxecBYYDqfTA3lDTTGFHA51uVoTEllLN9Il_n-OH-9tNaixuYE5bp6HyfpYT2Nf0PGPUzE1iQLiUWctdcbDjdNEvpWsQ4FpbYY1wBqaKVqAgXdeW/s200/heliotrope.jpg)
The clasping heliotrope are incredibly drought proof, and the tigerswallowtail butterfly is happy to feed on this native delight.
![treefrog on milkweed plant](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_QX1bvBim1lAPz10d4xW8qbAIZGvGUv2v4GDcnPfJFkxMZpUbmo95A-znodScLKFU-ZGdJQ1nXBGJ4q_eiGtT1BRCwqBP2xWX5OtBLuPjqyOlCPAdM2oqm8xGIty_C0lBcjSUWlTC431/s200/hypno.jpg)
Tree-frog onna milkweed Asclepias syriaca... They aren't going to eat the monarchs, are they?
![monarch butterfly](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mCLoRpJUEOjzS93ntW-wQUtVwuJoAXYWT85IfZj7oUfjIkfOVbjucWBJ83H_o2RVKwBnScIE8NbOBhnhLH2fXK7JmxxGrPgCNZeeTUTXXLeZtnjKD94Gu_FkwwTSKrTU6ncmEcHXBIyy/s200/monarch.jpg)
Speaking of which...
The monarchs are back!!
Monarchs take their time getting to middle GA. I saw some monarch caterpillars in the Spring, and was surprised by the unusual earliness of the sighting, I don't know what happened to those out of time babies... these guys are right on schedule.
![black tiger swallowtail mating rituals](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy33wbgYy3TZNr4qpRetoRPyftso49PC_RWX6jhGuhPfPpFfZD2Gr-pFNXXJq9oythk0fNQBr7OgaLfbhgayI9JSnnK8LgAH-OMNrgEeoCmH0DKOledpeLNLtTyB9rD5ExAv_zpvrXFbFU/s200/sex-games1.jpg)
Always fun watching butterfly mating rituals...
![black swallowtail mating rituals](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv7RhwNaOK225I5Gc1BMVl-sxKLY2SooSWzBdFJqQDsmzqUadVDftmb34YOj0yl9fsCmAhwcc8Y3zNIGPi5Ty5ASEclG4Xn8w-cT_g5Q4aiq9GGT0shyvSkHwsjGLCkh-NNvgComcBmce/s200/sex-games.jpg)
![persimmon fruit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgCmsvbp0vAe89wh586M6S_wYWvgvzs2KkS8argmuaPG_gdcULMk22-IwS44-3xC2DHArXNzQC-Bpb3Kn7oXMFL8UVodIjPsbHxvJRO2PYPM68gRPN30gTr98rvia1Qgp88lnSJYHWhjT/s200/fruit1.jpg)
There were no persimmons last year, I'm seeing some fruit this year!
Labels: butterflies, drought