milkweed seeds
more beautiful than money
oh, butterflies
This is a picture from nearby Andorra Meadow which has a proliferation of milkweed. Monarch butterflies feed on milkweed. Once a familiar site across North America, Monarchs are now classified as “Endangered.” These and other native pollinators, like bumblebees, depend on the milkweed plant for their survival—and so do we. One in three of the foods that we eat depends on pollinators: apples, almonds, oranges, peaches, tomatoes, berries of all kinds, coffee, lemons, grapes, cacao, and MORE.
