I took the kids to visit the Monarch groves out at the Coronado Monarch Preserve at Elwood Beach over Thanksgiving weekend. Large clumps of butterlies in the Eucalypus trees--they look just like leaves when they fold up their wings and hang from the branches in big groups. Early morning is a good time to go, since most are still resting. As the sun warms them, they begin to flutter about foraging on the many flowering plants in the area.

+Irie Pete