Tiny Tuesday in blue

It was just warm enough today to have a bit of a macro safari around the garden.  Truthfully, it's awfully early yet for insects, but I did manage to find a cluster of what I believe are lady beetle eggs, two excruciatingly tiny spiders and this very small bright blue fly.  I thought he was a nice follow up to yesterday's tiny Indigo bunting.

I had a nice long chat with my parents this morning - all is well in their world.  Then, I spent a little time in the hide.  And then, it was several hours at the computer.  I have agreed to do a 45 minute presentation on Monarch Butterflies next week - I've had months to prepare it and of course have waited until the last minute.  In truth, the most time-consuming part is finding the best photos and videos to use in the presentation.  And, of course, a little bit of fact-checking on current environmental status of the eastern N. American monarchs.  The presentation is coming along nicely and I feel good about the progress I made today.

There are now three perfect little blue eggs in the bluebird nest box.  

And it would appear that we had a visitor of the large, black, furry sort last night as the only suet cage I left out was completely crushed.  More than a raccoon could do, I'm afraid.  It was only a matter of time before the first bear made it's way to our garden...sigh.  Now I'll have to be a bit more watchful when I'm out there faffing about with the camera.

Many thanks to Riwaka7 for hosting TinyTuesday this month!  

xo
Debbi