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Top Ten Fastest Growing Cities in 2008
Dot’s Thot: “USA Today has come out with a new survey – apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population.” – David Letterman
Fastest Growing U.S. Cities in 2008
This data relates only to cities of over 100,000 in population and shows the top 10 of the 25 listed.. Growth goes from July 2007 to July 2008. Data from the United States Census Bureau recently released was based on housing unit estimates.
Of the top 25 cities, several were in California. These included Roseville, Irvine, and Victorville.
Looking at the various spreadsheets (you can look at their site — I’ll try to get them into some later posts) that the census bureau publishes reveals that there are many ways to slice the data and many ways to intepret the data. When looking at the data, one must also consider the details.
The fastest grwoing areas in Las Vegas are in the north LV area, for example. Hence, when investing, one must still know the specific neighborhoods and interpret the data with care. In California, I am not familiar with Roseville, but understand that Irvine tends to hold its real estate value. I wonder what the real estate gurus will tell us about the data recently released — interesting
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Monarch Butterfly Egg Hunt is On
Dot’s Thots: “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” –
Rabindranath Tagore
I have looked unsuccessfully for Monarch butterfly eggs in the past and doing it again. I do have very bad eyes, but suspect it was my timing.. Here is a picture from the Wikimedia site that actually shows a butterly laying eggs — wow!! I just got my first Monarch butterfly yesterday from this last batch (fourth generation of butterflies since I planted and nurtured butterfly bushes.
Monarch Butterfly Laying Eggs
Common sense tells me that this is happening when my butterflies flutter around, but I have not seen the eggs — so how big are they and what will I be looking for — so I went looking for some pictures from which to learn and train my eyes. So, another Wikimedia helpful hint:
Monarch Butterfly Eggs on Gomphocarpus physocarpus (Swan Plant)
This does not look like the butterfly bushes I am growing, but I get the idea that the eggs are pretty small. Hence, I plan to look for the eggs over the next few weeks as the butterflies appear. I do admit to being a little lax in the hunting and noticing — I usually only catch on when the caterpillars appear and the leaves look kind of ratty.
This is an effort on my part to learn — I want to be a waypoint (tiny one) in that great migration of monarch butterflies down to Mexico and back. I remember monarch butterflies from girlhood in Hawaii.
Well, enough for today — I will post over the next few weeks and if I fail to find the eggs, we will at least be alert for the caterpillar appearance.
At least, I have learned via the internet what to look for and can be more observant. Next year I plan to track the monarch butterly migration a lot better.
Aloha, DoT
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Related Posts:
- Asclepsis and Lantana: Food for Monarch Butterflies
- Scene in Hawaii: Monarch Butterfly Caterpiller in a Supermarket Garden Shop
- A Note on Monarch Butterflies in Hawaii
- Monarch Butterfly Haiku: Camera Madness
- Monarch Butterfly Sightings Haiku — the Asclepsis Gardener’s Reward
- Missed the Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis — Found It Empty
- Monarch Butterflies — Caterpillar Faith
- Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Site Review — go visit
- Monarch Butterfly Egg Hunt — First Report
