...free to flutter around the yard - while i chase after them... like a little girl - all i needed was one of those long handled nets to catch them! that was the day the yard was filled with monarchs - landing on all the yellow dandelions - lighting up the day, shining in the sun - glittering with bold colors... glorious. nature is so awesome - and in all my years living in this house, i've never been privy to having so many monarchs floating around at one time... truly amazing - although i'm sure they wondered who the crazy lady was chasing after them with the black box...
with a flash of white - i noticed one lone butterfly - standing out from the rest... not certain what kind it is - perhaps a white cabbage, although the purplish-brown markings - appearing as tiny flowers, aren't totally characteristic... so i'm not positive. and it moved extremely quickly - making capturing it difficult but i managed to get one decent shot...
this last... i discovered playing camouflage at a local park - trying to hide in a brilliant fluorescent yellow bush... i believe it belongs to the sulfur family of butterflies - only because a friend pointed me in that direction... otherwise, i'd simply be calling it a pretty butterfly. once it realized i wasn't going to hurt it, it almost seemed to pose for me... remaining very calm and poised...
they are amazing - butterflies are... gracing us with beauty to behold as they take wing to the air - providing entertainment aplenty, leaving childlike wonder behind...
happy day.....
