Struble Lake

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Located in Chester County.
386 Acres

      I usually come her in the summer when I want to get out and do a quick paddle around the lake. Seem like the water is always choppy so it makes paddling quite difficult.
     One year ago today I had one of the most amazing experiences here at this lake. A group of friends and I walked across the lake in the middle of the night while it was frozen. I was so excited at the time but yet so nervous and scared. You could only imagine the look in my eyes when I heard the ice creek and crack under my feet. It was a blast and it will be a night I will always remember. Not just will I remember some crazy night on the ice but it was also the night I met my current boyfriend of one year. It has been amazing even though there has been many ups and downs. But that is what it is all about right?
     These pictures posted aren't from that day but from this morning. It snowed lightly last night so I figured I would stop by and check it out. Sad to say besides today I haven't been there since that night.

I'm Back!

Ok, I am back, it has been awhile, kind of dropped off the face of the earth. I noticed all of the pictures from the past are not available anymore do to a glitch but its time to get you up to speed from where I left off.

A Walk in Warwick Park.....

So on my Sunday journey to find milk weed I stopped at a a park on the way home. I did a little research this weekend and I figured since they are holding a butterfly tagging class there they are bound to have milk weed growing there. So I once I got there I took a walk threw the meadow.

So after walking for only a few minutes, I found it.

I searched and searched for eggs. I honestly wasn't to sure exactly what I was looking for. After a few minutes I thought I finally found one. So I clipped it off a small piece of the leave and took it home to put in a jar.

After researching I found out that if it is an egg it should have a black dot on it which would be the caterpillar head. So it seems as if I am on the right track. The research also stated it could take any where from 7-20 days for the egg to hatch.At this point it could hatch any time because I am uncertain as to when it was laid.

The Amazing Monarch Butterflies......

Every year hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies undertake a great journey of up to 2000 miles in their annual migration from Canada and the United States to their wintering grounds in Mexico. They travel between 1,200 and 2,800 miles or more from the United States and Canada to central Mexican forests.

Some Facts About The Beautiful Creatures... Monarch butterflies usually travel between 50 to 100 miles per day. The average is about 80 miles per day. The farthest a Monarch has traveled in one day on record is 265 miles. Monarchs travel at around 12 mph, but can fly at speeds up to 30mph.

Milk Weed and Butterflies......

This weekend I am on the search for some milk weed and butterfly larva.......

Blue Moon

Blue Moon Set For August 31, 2012, With Next One Occurring In 2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/blue-moon-2012_n_1840504.html#es_share_ended By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 08/29/2012 08:31 AM EDT on LiveScience Your last chance to see a blue moon until 2015 will come around this Friday (Aug. 31), but don't expect an azure hue in the sky. In fact, "blue moon" refers not to color, but to rarity. Blue moons are defined as either the fourth full moon in a season, or, more recently, as the second full moon in a month. It's the second definition that covers August's blue moon; the month's first full moon was on Aug. 1. Blue moons happen because our calendar months don't precisely sync with the moon's orbit. It takes the moon 29.5 days to wax and wane from full to new to full again. With the exception of February, months are longer than that, meaning that once in a while the timing works out so there are two full moons in one month. Blue moons are best known from the phrase "once in a blue moon," meant to refer to something extremely rare. Two blue moons in a month aren't all that unusual, however; they occur 2.7 years apart on average, though not with great regularity. The last blue moon occurred on Dec. 31, 2009. That "New Year's Eve Blue Moon" also coincided with a partial lunar eclipse for viewers in Europe, Asia, Africa and some parts of Alaska. Another truly rare event is a year with two blue moons. The last time a single year had two months with two full moons was in 1999. The next time double blue moons will occur is in 2018.

During the full blue moon this year we decided to go on a little kayaking adventure. It was very relaxing and peaceful.