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<DIV>The Open House was like no other. We had at least 1000 people visit
<BR>Monarch Watch last Saturday (twice the usual number) and we gave out
<BR>over 450 chrysalids to the children in attendance. The weather was <BR>less
than ideal - cloudy with occasional rain and not a one of the <BR>200
butterflies in the Biohouse so much as opened their wings but it <BR>didn't seem
to matter to our visitors. The garden (Monarch Waystation <BR>#1) so carefully
nurtured by Margarete Johnson and her colleagues <BR>among the Douglas County
Master Gardeners, was spectacular. With a <BR>little sun the garden would have
been filled with butterflies as well <BR>as fantastic flowers.<BR><BR>My thanks
to all and especially to the Monarch Watch crew, <BR>particularly Jim Lovett and
Ann Ryan, who made this event
possible.<BR><BR>Chip<BR><BR>http://catherinesherman.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/monarch-watch/<BR><BR>more
photos can be found
at<BR><BR>http://www.monarchwatch.org/openhouse/phpslideshow.php?directory=2008fall<BR>--
<BR>Monarch
Watch<BR>monarch@ku.edu<BR>http://www.MonarchWatch.org/<BR>Dplex-L: send
message "info Dplex-L" to Listproc@ku.edu<BR>1-888-TAGGING (toll-free!) -or-
1-785-864 4441<BR>University of Kansas<BR>1200 Sunnyside Avenue<BR>Lawrence, KS
66045-7534<BR>Create, Conserve and Protect Monarch Habitats<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive
Director<BR><B>Pollinator Partnership </B><BR>423 Washington Street, 5th
floor<BR>San Francisco, CA
94111<BR>415-362-1137<BR>LDA@pollinator.org</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
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