Butterflies

Wordless Wednesday

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Monarch Butterfly

Here’s a few photos of a Monarch Butterfly that I chased around my garden yesterday.  It kept flitting from one bloom to another.  Happy Friday!  Hope everyone has a nice weekend. 

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American Lady Butterfly

Tell me if I’m wrong, but this pretty flying flower looks like the American Lady.  I studied my guidebook several times to get a positive id.  Fortunately it was quite happy with posing prettily for me on my Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’ so I was able to get several shots.  These two were my favorites so [...]

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Subjects of interest

WordPress has an interesting feature in my dashboard that lists the Top Searches for the week.  Here’s what was searched on my blog this past week: The Autumn Fern which has had several posts dedicated to it over the past couple of years was a subject of interest lately.  This is a wonderful addition to the [...]

Categories: Butterflies, Ferns, Forcing Branches, Ornamental Shrubs/Trees, Perennials, Vegetables | 5 Comments

Painted Lady & Pretty Blooms

The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower a tethered butterfly. ~Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun This Painted Lady or Vanessa cardui was flittering around in my garden this past Sunday enjoying the Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’ as well as these pink Zinnias.  It was a warm day for the end of October and I was happy [...]

Categories: Annuals/Biennials, Butterflies, Perennials | 9 Comments

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