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To: JustAmy; Billie

Gorgeous!

I remember once when I was little, in the fall. We had a huge oak tree in the yard. I noticed that it was...wiggling. On closer inspection, the entire canopy was covered with Monarchs. They were on their way to Mexico. They stayed for a day or two and then they were gone. It was the coolest thing. There must have been thousands, and it opened up a whole new world to a curious little girl!


6 posted on 11/01/2008 5:41:29 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: gardengirl
Garden girl...what a memory.

We have a huge Oak on our front lawn. I will have to find a photo of the leaves that fall every year.

This year the branches got so heavy they started to fall.....I mean large branches! We had to have "her" trimmed! The " falling" won't be near as colorful this year.

Our daughter loves to come home from school and roll in those leaves!

Polly

8 posted on 11/01/2008 6:00:06 AM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: Mama_Bear; MEG33; La Enchiladita; jaycee; gardengirl; yorkie; OESY; Kitty Mittens; The Mayor; ...
Good afternoon, FRiends.

I need to work on the Holidays but I need to fix lunch first.
I will share some pix that my son took last year.
These were taken at Pismo Beach during Monarch Days.

Warning ... they are not as good as the Monarchs in the opening. :)









It was a fantastic sight seeing so many butterflies in this grove of trees.

I will be back later.

Have a beautiful Saturday.

22 posted on 11/01/2008 12:52:11 PM PDT by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
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To: gardengirl; JustAmy; MEG33; Kitty Mittens; jaycee; Majie Purple
gardengirl (#6): Gorgeous!

Meg33 (#26): Flying by to say the opening is gorgeous..

KittyMittens (#62): Oh, Amy and Billie, your Post is Breathtaking; one of the Loveliest I've Ever Seen.

jaycee (#63): Gorgeous opening, Amy and Billie...outstanding! As always!

Majie Purple (#85): Oh so butterfly full/beauty full/beautiful!!!

Just wanted to say thank you and to mention that I did almost NOTHING to that gorgeous butterfly graphic! Amy sent that photograph along with a few others for me to use for Opening Graphics, but there was NOTHING that actually needed to be done to it except add the text, and reduce the size a bit. All I did was add the narrow black border with the drop shadow, the text and the 2 little animated Monarch butterfles, so I don't feel I can take much credit for that graphic! :) I usually crop, cut, paste, subract, add to, vignette, make transparent, recolor or DEcolor all or part of a graphic - or anything else I can dream up. :)


251 posted on 11/03/2008 1:15:41 PM PST by Billie
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