Daily Archives: September 1, 2007

Number 9 of my 16 candidates for Mexico’s Seven Wonders is the Monarch Butterfly Reserve. From Learner.org: Each fall, monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains migrate to high-altitude oyamel fir forests in central Mexico, where they overwinter in extraordinary aggregations … Continue reading →

Black Widows are a pretty unwelcome visitor to your yard (or more precisely – my yard) but the season is here for the ugliest scariest bug of them all – the Cara de Niño, or ‘Baby Face’. We had a … Continue reading →

Half way through my 16 candidates is Monte Alban, just down the road from yesterdays candidate, Arbol del Tule. And again, wonderful scenery surrounds a fabulous set of ruins with an excellent museum and pretty good café/restaurant. From Wiki: Monte … Continue reading →