http://www.fws.gov/midwest/monarch/
Must support the Monarch butterfly that is dwindling away because of loss of habitat. The government is not reacting as they did with Silent Spring, Rachel Carson's mind changing book that brought back the American eagle from near extinction by banning DDT use. This amazing butterfly may be extinct in the next 40 years since the population has dropped 97% in 15 years. The habitat is mostly affected by Monsanto GMO tolerant seeds so farmers can use roundup everywhere to kill weeds. It wiped out milkweed, the sole food source for monarch caterpillars as they migrate to and from Mexico each year.
Funny to see a French Horn in a dinghy. Thought of daughter, Sarah, who plays (as did my brother and father.)
Drew changed the oil. It takes a few hours and needs to be done about every 150 engine hours, mess.
Drew met a man in the mooring office with two tennis rackets and now I can play tennis with them 3 days a week!
I'm sewing the leather cover back onto the wheel at the helm where it was falling off after 15 years because the cotton thread is disintegrating. The new thread is not synthetic but it's wax covered, should last another 15 years. It's slow going.
More anon.
The blog will stop soon when I drive up to NYC to take care of Isabelle for 5 weeks. Drew will stay on the boat continuing to work, fix and enjoy the wonderful warm weather.
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I planted 4 milkweeds last summer, 3 survived. This winter when I looked at them, they were just stalks, and I was so upset, "who's been eating these?!" Then I figured it out! Monarch catapillars! Success. I hope the plants grow much bigger this year, but given the drought, don't know.
and Drew, that's a great-looking shirt you're wearing to change the oil.
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