The other day I went on a butterfly hunt. Now there was this one lovely black swallowtail...several times he visited the scarlet bee balm, and managed to stay behind the bronze fennel while I waited patiently. But he flew away. Eventually he returned, but it was only a tease. Never did get to take that picture. There were scads of the tiny white flutterbyes. At one point, walking across a pebbly area with my nephew, I didn't notice that there were literally hundreds of them resting or drinking on the ground. As we approached the entire colony took flight, flitting around us. It was breathtaking. Here are a few that held their ground....
On one of the butterfly bushes, there was this one orange and brown butterfly amidst all the little white ones. Not a great picture, but they move around a lot, and I'm still learning :-).
It seems that there should be a lot more butterflies out there this time of year. Guess I'll keep looking.
