Fall
p.1 #1Fall
I know Fall is coming soon...YEAH!!!!!!!!
My sedum, this one is red, is blooming and all the bees and butterflies are in a frenzy!
This Monarch was "spotless". The colors were as "just painted". All "lines" still intact before the "battle" begins for pollen on their trip South.
Dan
"Giant Zinnia"
I found out last year that when I painted my water bottles with vibrant acrylic paint, I had more "flyers" stopping by.
My sedum, this one is red, is blooming and all the bees and butterflies are in a frenzy!
This Monarch was "spotless". The colors were as "just painted". All "lines" still intact before the "battle" begins for pollen on their trip South.
Dan
"Giant Zinnia"
I found out last year that when I painted my water bottles with vibrant acrylic paint, I had more "flyers" stopping by.
Sep 09, 2026 at 10:43 AM
p.1 #2Fall
I'd love a butterfly garden! One day perhaps. Excuse my ignorance, but what's in the bottles? Water?
Sep 09, 2026 at 04:16 PM
p.1 #3Fall
Lovely set. I still am not seeing but one or two butterflies.
Birdie
Birdie
Sep 09, 2026 at 04:21 PM
p.1 #4Fall
Interesting 3 shots brother Dan. Are the plastic bottles feeders for the butterfly?
Sep 09, 2026 at 06:59 PM
p.1 #5Fall
Malka_1 wrote:
I'd love a butterfly garden! One day perhaps. Excuse my ignorance, but what's in the bottles? Water?
Yes they were water bottles.
Just for fun, this past Spring I tried to attract more "flyers" to my patio.
Don't know what gave me the idea about using acrylic paint and spraying the bottles and posting them on a "plant" stake but my goodenss did it work!!!!
America's 250th birthday made me paint many red, white and blue!
I have 16 different colors and post them in my huge concrete flower pots on my patio or in the huge outdoor plastic flower pots.
The birds love them when the sunflowers and zinnias go to seed...a resting place as they pick at the seeds.
My hummers love them also! Butterflies are drawn to the colors and I have flowers everywhere for them to land on.
Thanks!
Dan
I'd love a butterfly garden! One day perhaps. Excuse my ignorance, but what's in the bottles? Water?
Yes they were water bottles.
Just for fun, this past Spring I tried to attract more "flyers" to my patio.
Don't know what gave me the idea about using acrylic paint and spraying the bottles and posting them on a "plant" stake but my goodenss did it work!!!!
America's 250th birthday made me paint many red, white and blue!
I have 16 different colors and post them in my huge concrete flower pots on my patio or in the huge outdoor plastic flower pots.
The birds love them when the sunflowers and zinnias go to seed...a resting place as they pick at the seeds.
My hummers love them also! Butterflies are drawn to the colors and I have flowers everywhere for them to land on.
Thanks!
Dan
Sep 10, 2026 at 09:53 AM
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p.1 #6Fall
birdied wrote:
Lovely set. I still am not seeing but one or two butterflies.
Birdie
Yes this Monarch was just beautiful birdie!
The colors were so vibrant and pure!
Thanks!
Dan
Lovely set. I still am not seeing but one or two butterflies.
Birdie
Yes this Monarch was just beautiful birdie!
The colors were so vibrant and pure!
Thanks!
Dan
Sep 10, 2026 at 09:56 AM
p.1 #7Fall
Ted ellis wrote:
Interesting 3 shots brother Dan. Are the plastic bottles feeders for the butterfly?
Thank my brother!
NO the bottles are empty and are for decoration only!
I buy outdoor green plastic plant stakes at varying lengths, paint them and put then on the tips of the stakes.
Anything that flys loves them as the are embedded in my huge concrete and plastic planters.
My goldfinches LOVE them!! They can rest on the bottom of the bottle while picking the seeds out of my sunflowers, zinnias and my coneflowers.
Thanks brother!
Dan
Interesting 3 shots brother Dan. Are the plastic bottles feeders for the butterfly?
Thank my brother!
NO the bottles are empty and are for decoration only!
I buy outdoor green plastic plant stakes at varying lengths, paint them and put then on the tips of the stakes.
Anything that flys loves them as the are embedded in my huge concrete and plastic planters.
My goldfinches LOVE them!! They can rest on the bottom of the bottle while picking the seeds out of my sunflowers, zinnias and my coneflowers.
Thanks brother!
Dan
Sep 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
p.1 #8Fall
My Sedum are just starting to change to their mauve colors, but my Sedum look much different than your Dan'l, When I was a kid, Grandma had some at her house that purportedly, the leaves could be blown up like a balloon. Try as we might though, we could never achieve the desired result!
Douglas
Douglas
Sep 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM
p.1 #9Fall
douter wrote:
My Sedum are just starting to change to their mauve colors, but my Sedum look much different than your Dan'l, When I was a kid, Grandma had some at her house that purportedly, the leaves could be blown up like a balloon. Try as we might though, we could never achieve the desired result!
Douglas
I have 2 kinds of sedum Douglas....
Red and green..
Dan'l
Green
Green
Red
My Sedum are just starting to change to their mauve colors, but my Sedum look much different than your Dan'l, When I was a kid, Grandma had some at her house that purportedly, the leaves could be blown up like a balloon. Try as we might though, we could never achieve the desired result!
Douglas
I have 2 kinds of sedum Douglas....
Red and green..
Dan'l
Green
Green
Red
Sep 10, 2026 at 10:39 AM