It's one of those times you immediately want to tell everyone you know what just happened ... This afternoon, I came home from work and headed into the back yard with the dogs. As they rushed out, a cloud of butterflies was flushed up into the air and surrounding yards. I know that I'm capable of hyperbole, but this was truly a CLOUD of hundreds, maybe more than a thousand, butterflies. So why don't I have pictures of more than a few butterflies? Because I have two dogs with waterfowl retrieval in their DNA, and they didn't come packaged with a stealth setting. They ran happily about, effectively scattering my little miracle to the winds while I dashed back into the house for the camera. And the remaining few who were too tired to scatter still had enough adrenaline to dash off when I got close with the camera. (Do butterflies have adrenaline?) These guys must've flown the farthest because they were too tired to move. Anyway, I got to see it and ...
If you're particularly interested in rainwater harvesting, see these posts: "900 and Counting" on 4/28/08, "First Crop" on 4/10/08, "Ongoing Saga of the Rain Tank" on 3/2/08, and "The Debate" on 2/7/08. Vermiculture was covered 8/12/08. Pond construction was covered in "The Heart of Our Garden" on January 22, 2008.