Not-Quite-Country Girl

October is truly one of my favorite months of the entire year...and how quickly it passed this year!

Hello, Autumn.

My rookie monarch-raising season has come to a close.

Even though it's still hot and the calendar says the beginning of autumn is yet a couple of weeks away, Labor Day always feels like the unofficial end of summer.

Since I've been sharing my new-found monarch obsession with everyone around, I took 2 almost-ready chrysalises down with me for Abram and Lucy.

"Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."

Maya Angelou

The boys will have their days, but so far in August it's been all about the ladies.

One gorgeous morning while we were on the North Carolina coast, a few of the Gray men went fishing and I tagged along.  With camera in hand, of course!

Most people would call this a creek.  Except for many Hoosiers, like my husband's family...to them, it's a crick.

For the first summer ever, we've had a hummingbird moth frequenting our wildflower garden.