King? And Vice

So on Sunday Vicki spotted this on Concession 8:

It looks like a Monarch butterfly - but on June 14? At latitude 44° ++

And then the next day in Scout Valley:

Here is a separate page to help identify


Any insight?

WOB

More Coldwater nature

back again.

Ants

Bees

Butterflies

(I think?)

Moths

A fly or a bee or an ant - look carefully:

Horse and hammock:

Let's call it for awhile. I am going to be quite busy in July, August and October and will be using the free time to catch up on new astronomical submissions  - I have been doing this daily 5 days a week (Sunday night after 21:00  to ditto on Thursday) since 1990s to keep up to date. I am currently tracking literature in the solar system and that very closely connected to it - everything is connected but everything takes TIME. I nolonger wear a watch so that has given me much more time! I will try to put up memories of the cruise this Spring. And I will answer emails, although there may be delays/light travel time effects caused by tents, telescopes, canoes, etc.

W O B

Uhthoff Trail - The quarry south toward Orillia

I have been busy. When I am busy I usually do not make entries. However, I am months behind and nobody wants to see snow just yet, not even Kim. So I am putting out some from today. The canoe trip and the Pierre Berton joke will have to wait as well as a beautiful dragonfly - well no here it is:

That was from Monday.

Today. Sunny breezy, 27C, No BUGS, Volker! (Vicki wore her bug jacket - just in case!
The setting: the trail:

We were alone except for 2 bicyclists and 1 motor bike for maybe 2 hours.

There be dragons:

And damsels.

Its Springtime:

Santa

More damsels and bees:

Beautiful walk with Vicki - W O B