I thought my Butterfly Garden was a failure this year. Nature proved me wrong. Tall flowering plants took turns blooming throughout the Summer. Various winged wonders fluttered about occasionally, enjoying the grass flanked blooms. At times the wings chose grass over flowers. Not a surprise. Grass offers various needs.
From a distance, I noticed what I thought were a cluster of larger butterflies. I wanted to take a closer look. Alas, I had two velcro Labradors with me. Sigh. It rarely works out to approach wild things with the two hooligans. The dogs always scare them away. Especially winged wonders!
About an hour later I returned. With my camera and without dogs. Much to my surprise, the flutterby's were still enjoying the garden! Now I only had one pesky loveable animal to thwart my efforts.
classic Leo wrap around
The cat who shall not be ignored got some needy attention. It is never enough and I had to ask him to pluueze leave me alone! I wanted to focus on this:
Monarchs and friends
Leo obliged, but did not go far
see four
and five
The many Monarchs and friends were very entertaining!
fluers and a fuzzy bee
I would have stayed longer, but was getting eaten alive by the latest crop of blood suckers. Leo and I headed back to the house/barn for cover.
If I did have to chose one photo from this series, this would be it:
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A fun reminder our Butterfly Garden does not need to be manicured to be an epic delight.
2 comments:
It is so incredible to see so many monarchs together. I have counted myself lucky to see one many years ago. Such a treat. It must be exciting for you!
Wow so many together, they are scarce up here:(
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