butterfly – Ruth E. Hendricks

Franklin Park Conservatory Day

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Lego gardener
22,294 bricks 202 hours to build

June 16, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Butterfly, Garden, PhotographyTags: butterfly, Columbus OH, family, Franklin Park Conservatory, garden, koi, LEGO®, monarch, orchid, photography, postaday, travel 19 Comments

Butterfly Season at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Garden

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Garden Columbus Ohio

“Experience Blooms & Butterflies and immerse yourself in the enchanting Pacific Island Water Garden, where hundreds of vibrant exotic butterflies flutter freely in a warm, tropical paradise filled with brilliant nectar flowers.”

Wednesday morning with Laura and Roy-

Hard to photograph the butterflies in flight but when they light on a leaf with their colorful wings spread one can snap a photo with ease.

Can you find the butterfly in this picture?

The best chewy Molasses G mill yet inger cookies in the Cafe

March 12, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Butterfly, PhotographyTags: butterfly, Chilhuly, Columbus OH, family, Franklin Park Conservatory, photography, postaday 17 Comments

Monarch Watch in Pittsburgh

I saw a monarch on the Rose of Sharon bush by my front porch. I had to get shoes on to go to the yard to photograph the butterfly as you can see from the first attempted photo below.

There was a round sticker tag on the Monarch’s wing, which I’d never seen before. It was very exciting.

Turns out it was a tag of Monarch Watch “Monarch Watch is an education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migration. Monarch Watch was founded in 1992 by Dr. Orley “Chip” Taylor and the monarch tagging program was launched in the fall of that year.

I was able to go online and sign up and registered the tag sighting.