7/16/21

 TGIF!  July is half over already!  Yikes.  Today's image is of a butterfly I have only seen in Minnesota.  It is a White Admiral.  We have Red ones in Kansas.  I found the blue and red highlights on it rather lovely.  I chose this image for the soft leaf background bokeh because Friday's Are Bokehlicious as well!

6/30/16

Well, I guess now it's after today that we are supposed to cool down.  Chances for rain too but we shall see.  My image today is of a very elusive butterfly I saw at Tamarac Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota.  My mom-in-law knew what it was, a White Admiral.  I now know what the more cooperative one I saw in South Dakota was.  :-)  I either saw this one several times or saw several of these but could never get what I think of as a very good shot as I could never get very close and it did not sit still for long.  I had to take this with a Zoom lens and I chose this image because it showed off the wings and color well and I felt like sharing a butterfly today since I am not seeing any around home except a Skipper here and there.  Very sad.