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    None of the pics are as clear as I'd like. I may try to update them.

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    Totally gorgeous Steve
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    Very very nice

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    Living in a concrete jungle in the city , your place looks like a compete paradise to me Steve .

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    Quote Originally Posted by brewmaster15 View Post
    I didnt realize they were invasives there.Are there any native milkweeds in your area? Two weeks ago.we had a pair of Monarchs dancing above the milkweed.Yesterday we had our first caterpillars hatching..have 3 so far and more eggs...Since you maybe missing them.. heres one for you..

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    I think the one called common milkweed, large leaves, tall stalks, is from the mid-eastern part of the country. It "doesn't play nice" in the garden, spreads through rhizomes(?). The "narrow-leaf" and "showy" varieties are native. I did get a few volunteers to come back this season and the monarchs did show up recently. I have eggs and larva now. With any luck I'll find a chrysalis or two in time to take to my grandkid's school this fall.

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    I'm a semi-retired teacher; still get summers off. So now I'm just bragging. I look out from my patio and see green all day. It is our bit of paradise.

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    Uh-oh, not a good sign. Not a cloud in the sky. That's a fire plume.

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    I may have been too hasty. It might be a thunderhead. I see more clouds behind it once I get past my trees. Not necessarily a better thing.

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    How is the nearby fire situation now Steve? Air still smoky in your city?
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    It's day to day. We've had a couple days of breezes that have cleared the smoke out of the valley during the day, but it still settles in overnight. Can't really see the foothills through the smoke. Luckily, none of the fires are real close to us, but I have dreams about it.

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    The fires are terrible. 3 lives lost and so many homes burned to the ground. The governor, Jerry Brown calls it the new normal.
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    Well, the winds changed or something worse. We're completely in smoke. Probably 100 yards visibility. It's probably area stuff blowing in, but if it were nearby, we'd never know.

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    Please stay safe, Steve.
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