A Few Pictures

11 years ago

I played with the camera some today.

Here's a male spicebush swallowtail on Ellen's Blue butterfly bush -

And here's a male pipevine swallowtail on the same bush -

I've got my own "pet" butterflies - red-spotted purples. They love to alight on my porch (where many of them were raised, I'm sure) the front steps, and the front yard. They've landed on me a few times, too -

Considering that this is still May, and there are so many chrysalides still in the cages on my porch, plus who knows how many outside, this has continued to be a great lep year!

The tithonias/Mexican sunflowers made the first bloom today, so they'll undoubtedly give me many photo-ops!

Sherry

Comments (7)

catherinet
11 years ago
Beautiful pictures Sherry!
butterflymomok
11 years ago
Ditto!
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minrose
11 years ago
gorgeous photos!
Tony G
11 years ago
Beautiful Sherry! My Ellen's blue is getting bigger but no blooms yet.

The only RSP I saw in our garden last year was on Ellen's Blue.

After almost 10 inches of rain in May, the garden is off to a beautiful start!
MissSherry
Original Author
11 years ago
Would you send me some of that rain, Tony? We're drying up down here! :(

I got this picture of a male tiger swallowtail today on Ellen's Blue again. I added a frame around the picture and a "fade" on the edges -

{{gwi:477741}}

Sherry
susanlynne48
11 years ago
Love the "fade-out edge" frame, MissSherry! My Ellen's Blue just started blooming yesterday and I must say it IS blue! Such a beautiful butterfly bush. My Bicolor blooms the earliest. 'Royal Red' also bloomed yesterday as well. But it's amazing that they all bloomed wihin just a few days of each other. What timing!

I finally saw a Giant Swallowtail yesterday - a HUGE one. I may have to move to my daughter's house because she has lots of butterflies around, and no butterfly plants. The fantastic ladies that live next door - two sisters who care for their father, have a great garden with lots of flowers that are probably what is attracting them. Also, she lives within a mile of one of the city lakes. I am convinced that butterflies like to hang close to water.

Susan
wifey2mikey
11 years ago
Absolutely gorgeous!