April 09, 2009. Venturing out after dinner this evening to take a quick snapshot of a hellebore that bloomed for the first time this year, I was surprised (and charmed) to find a cabbage white butterfly, already asleep on one of its flowers. The last few days have been good for gardening, although the overnight dip into the 20s one night surprised me, the meteorologists, and my tender seedlings already hardening off outside. Luckily, most of them survived just fine. |