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sit on this long bench with me ... add your name so I'll know you stopped by .. © All rights reserved EXPLORE

stopped by for Halloween - really Cool Guys - having them visit was the treat :) © All Rights Reserved Wondered where these guy went and found them in here: EXPLORE ..

on the wings of a Monarch - enjoying nectar from a Buddleja - at The Arts Center - there were 2 others there- Painted Ladies who were just blurs in my photos - * 1 PiP - larger view * © All Rights Reserved

and all who can't see this beauty - whether because of Wildfires - Hurricanes - whatever clouds your sky - just substitute this one.... PiP on left (5) © All Rights Reserved EXPLORE

for the sky - we just might get there - © All Rights Reserved - Dedicated to all the souls who have worked and continue to work for IMA .. those we know and many, many others behind the scences - WE THANK Y'ALL

* PiP * - one in each Top Left corner Top Left - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Top Right -Crescent [ worn out ] Bottom Right - same ETS Bottom Left - Eastern Tailed Blue or Hairstreak [ that's as close as can be found ] Found in my yard over 3 days - Didn't have to visit my neighbor ! As a Dear Soul has told me, "I take a chair out and wait" ... That is the easiest way [ for me ] because they return to the same flowers .. Or at least close by .. If you are so inclined, Happy Butterflying ! © All Rights Reserved --EXPLORE--

- even when perched on a flower, the wings will flutter - if you have taken photos (or tried) - to capture a Pipevine Swallowtail [Battus philenor] - be set to take many, many shots - just to get a few that you like * 1 PiP * © All Rights Reserved

In my garden .. But, other than her fascinating web-art .. Skills at eating bad critters .. This year .. There is a small brown one also .. I have no idea .. All I can tell you is that it is growing larger .. Any suggestions .. ? ** 1 PiP ** © All Rights Reserved

and a night of music ! center photo.. on the bottom left is a railing .. we sat just before the railing went down the staircase .. on the 3rd level of a re-purposed Dye Mill along the Haw River .. thus, the name of the facility - Haw River Ballroom .. as much original materials have been re-used .. will be going back in the daylight to have a tour and take photos .. do have some photos to post later .. showing the old brick and wide wood used then .. oh, and the Industrial light fixtures .. can't wait to go back .. the entire Staff was extremely nice and helpful .. main contacts were the owners .. very understanding with this Lost Wanderer .. if you have ever been way out in the country .. there are no street lights [ or few ] .. try to read street signs for the turn off .. the Wanderer used her cell phone and asked for directions ! © All Rights Reserved - 1 note - ----- EXPLORE ----- And, really, the LaGardes [ Tom and Heather ] are just getting started with Saxapahaw: In May, 2011. they finally opened the Haw River Ballroom, a 700-capacity music venue that's arguably the most elegant and interesting nonmunicipal performance space in the state. Along with their partner, Margaret Jemison, the LaGardes spent the better part of the last four years turning the bastard section of the mill—a windowless, awkwardly partitioned space—into a room that uses an old dryer tank for sound and lighting and whose three-level layout mirrors the experience of watching music on the nearby hillside. Almost everything in the ballroom is salvaged, like the iron-and-wood benches taken from a Myrtle Beach amusement park and the floor rescued from an abandoned industrial site in Sanford. "There's a little bit of every small town in the state in here," says Tom, laughing. .. courtesy of Indy Week News [ raleigh-cary durham-chapel hill ] NC By Grayson Haver Currin ARCHIVE AIRINGS AA300-MUSIC