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Monarch Watch is dedicated to saving the Monarchs through tagging, monitoring and other conservation means. The Monarch Waystation Program was started for others to help the Monarchs every day and throughout their migration period. My yard is waystation 293 out of over 2,100 registered waystations.
Live Monarch Foundation raises thousands of butterflies and milkweed and offers free milkweed seeds to start your own conservation efforts to save the Monarch in your own backyard.
Michoacan Reforestation and Habitat Protection Fund helps the Monarch’s winter habitat through reforestation of the land that has been devastated through development and construction.
Monarch Sanctuary provides financial and scientific support to preserve the natural balance and diversity of the oyamel fir forests that are the overwintering grounds for the Monarchs.
Monarch Butterfly Works toward conservation and offers a lot of great information on gardening tips, life cycle, biology and much more.
National Wildlife Federation A familiar foundation that really works to save all forms of wildlife worldwide.
UF Wildlife Ecology Their mission is to foster education, expand knowledge, and reward scholarships, using multi-disciplinary approaches, for the purpose of understanding, managing, and conserving biological resources.
Florida Wildlife Federation Affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation, their goals are to help the wildlife of Florida.
The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast – my local Humane Society Shelter.
Orphie G’s Emporium Buy butterfly plants and seeds for your butterfly garden. This is my ebay store.

Other links:
Do you Squidoo? Try it, it’s great! Make a lens about whatever subject you choose.
Integrated Pest Management Information on how to control the pests in your lawn and garden, limiting the use of pesticides.
Come Join My Network at Digg
Visit Nature’s Beauty for some great products and gifts.

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If a Tree Falls……….

If a tree falls in the woods, do you hear it? We’ve all heard this asked before. But what if a tree, albeit a dead tree, falls in your own backyard, do you hear it? Well, the answer to that is yes, sort of, as I found out last night. And you FEEL it hit the ground. I heard it hit the ground (didn’t really hear it fall, heard the break) and thought someone was trying to break in and so did the dogs. My husband heard it and he was asleep. The neighbors behind us even heard and asked if we were OK, as we looked out to see what had happened.

There once were two Slash Pine trees, each were about 30 or 40 feet tall and growing just off our patio not more than two feet away and they were only about one foot apart. But then came Hurricane Francis and Hurricane Jeanne in 2004. Well, needless to say, we lost one of the pine trees as well as one on the vacant lot next door that the top third (yes, third, it broke in two places and it wasn’t a dead pine!) landed in our yard and partially on the patio. The bottom trunk of that tree, which is still about 18 foot tall is still standing and the middle part is laying on the ground next to it. (photo below)

Living in an area subject to hurricanes can take some getting use to for some. I personally, go with the flow. I don’t let those kind of threats bother me. I’ve already been through at least five hurricane since I’ve lived in Florida and one more (or a threat of one) isn’t going to scare me. I know what needs to be done, I prepare if the need arises. But mainly, I don’t freak because some moron on TV starts going on like it’s the end of the world and it’s still only a tropical storm. If and when it’s my time to go, well I guess I’m going to go whenever God draws my number.

Living in Florida in the summer, everyone knows about the thunderstorms and rains that come almost on a daily basis. Sometimes it’s sun, rain, sun, rain and sun again, and then it’s really humid. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity! I llike the thunderstorms and especially the rain, since we are on water restrictions because some morons decided to lower the water level in Lake Okeechobee (our water source) and pollute our estuaries (very damaging to the fish and other lifeforms) and cause a water shortage. On the other hand you shouldn’t be wasting a precious resource such as water.

The funny thing is that this dead pine tree just decided to fall in the middle of a tropical storm. Oh, and believe me, the media has been hyping this like it’s never happened before. Talk about a slow news day. What’s even funnier is the tropical storm hasn’t really even gotten here yet. We’re just getting the outer bands now. Go figure.

So now I have to put up a pole to hang my squirrel feeder (the squirrels will not be happy tomorrow!) that was hanging from the tree. No more fun and games for the squirrels on that tree. The tree also hit one of the arms of a bird feeder/plant hanger that my husband put up for me further out and crushed one of the feeders.

So now you know…If a tree falls do you hear it? Well, all depends on how close you are to it. You may not actually hear it fall, but you will know that it is falling.

Well, the pictures are up. The “big storm” is now in full force here. It’s been raining and windy. Now we are feeling the brunt of the storm. Not really bad though. It’s been kind of nice, the windows are open and the “breeze” is great. Even better no A/C!

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Supported links:
Monarch Watch is dedicated to saving the Monarchs through tagging, monitoring and other conservation means. The Monarch Waystation Program was started for others to help the Monarchs every day and throughout their migration period. My yard is waystation 293 out of over 2,100 registered waystations.
Live Monarch Foundation raises thousands of butterflies and milkweed and offers free milkweed seeds to start your own conservation efforts to save the Monarch in your own backyard.
Michoacan Reforestation and Habitat Protection Fund helps the Monarch’s winter habitat through reforestation of the land that has been devastated through development and construction.
Monarch Sanctuary provides financial and scientific support to preserve the natural balance and diversity of the oyamel fir forests that are the overwintering grounds for the Monarchs.
Monarch Butterfly Works toward conservation and offers a lot of great information on gardening tips, life cycle, biology and much more.
National Wildlife Federation A familiar foundation that really works to save all forms of wildlife worldwide.
UF Wildlife Ecology Their mission is to foster education, expand knowledge, and reward scholarships, using multi-disciplinary approaches, for the purpose of understanding, managing, and conserving biological resources.
Florida Wildlife Federation Affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation, their goals are to help the wildlife of Florida.
The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast – my local Humane Society Shelter.
Orphie G’s Emporium Buy butterfly plants and seeds for your butterfly garden. This is my ebay store.

Other links:
Do you Squidoo? Try it, it’s great! Make a lens about whatever subject you choose.
Integrated Pest Management Information on how to control the pests in your lawn and garden, limiting the use of pesticides.
Come Join My Network at Digg
Visit Nature’s Beauty for some great products and gifts.
Photo Adoption Agency Adopt a photo today!

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