[syriacus]

Thanks for posting this article. My mother and I were wondering why we saw so many monarchs at a beach on Long Island's south shore.

[BluH2o]

Going back several years my wife and I would take our sailing vacation in late August early September. Sailing thru eastern Long Island Sound and up the eastern seaboard to Block Island and on to Nantucket we often times would have Monarchs visit us while some distance off shore. They would alight for on the boom (usually) or some other point on our sailboat, rest for awhile and then go on their way. The prevailing winds that time of year were typically out of the southwest, the Monarchs were flying into it, so I guess a brief respite in their southerly journey was welcome. Amazing creatures ...

[Palladin]

Thanks for the article, Coleus.

The monarchs were very busy here at my place about a week ago, hitting every flower. Now they are all gone.

Guess I know where they went...to meet up with all their relatives and friends at Cape May for the long journey south.

Nature is beautiful, and Nature's God is awesome.

As GM Hopkins said:

"The whole world is charged with the grandeur of God."