Friends of the night

I know I'm not suppose to feed them but how can any one resist this face.

Monarch catapillar

I love monarch butterflies and can't wait to see them flutter around the yard again. I watch when the female laid these eggs. Her color was worn and her wings were tattered and she laid the eggs quickly. I removed this one from feeding long enough to get a photo. I'm excited about the next generation.

nothing but the truth.....

Thanks Cindy, I found this through your link.

Croatan National Forest

Our first camping trip of the year. Whoohoooo!! Headed down to Croatan Nat'l Forest to camp for the week. On our way down the truck started making a really loud tickticktick when we got to Jacksonville. We made it to the campgrounds but figure we should take the truck somewhere to have it checked out, since we were gonna do a lot of traveling while down there. The weather was great, but the campground wasn't what we expected. It was open and the sites were close together. You could see everyone and they could see us so we figured we would drive around and check out the area instead of hanging close to camp. Only one rental place and the only car to rent was a DTS Cadillac, we were stylin'. Went to see Aunt Bobbie @ Emerald Isle, checked out Fort Macon, over to Beaufort and up to Neuse River camping (that was nice, will return), hung out at Swansboro, over to Hammocks Beach S.P.. For pics go to the flickr link on the right. We came back early due to storms coming in since we don't like to break camp in the rain. Better luck next time. I forgot to mention the Whip-O-Will, every night......................I prefer frogs.