This morning I was doing some much needed yard work and I thought I disturbed a buckeye out of the grass but I had a wheelbarrow full of dirt and I didn't stop to look closer.

This afternoon one showed up in the garden! I love these butterflies - they always look like they do little piroutes . Last year I had them by the dozen and they would congregate on the dwarf zinnias.

This one was a little camera shy so I tried to keep a distance.

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My coneflowers look pathetic this year, if we don't get some rain soon my whole garden is going to dry up!