We saw our first monarch butterfly of the year yesterday. Guess who spotted it? Yes, our eagle-eye teen. The butterfly was looping around our garden, landing on milkweed; laying eggs we hope.
And now for previous years’ floral rest stop visitors…
“Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” as a famous man said.
¡Olé! –Rebecca
Photographs for Denzil’s nature photography challenge: butterflies.
Fake Flamenco 
These are awesome.
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Thank you, Sadje. Blessed with beloved butterfly visitors.
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You’re welcome. A lovely start to the spring
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I love their beauty and their quick spirits!
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Thanks, Neal. As do I.
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Good old Eagle. What will you do without their eagle eye in a few years’ time? But you’re the photographer of the team I hope!
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Thanks for the teary reminder 😢 I take most of the photos, yes.
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And just today I was reading about them in a book.
Surprisingly they also migrate and travels 1000s of km.
A lovely share.
🦋
Now are you RC?
eagle’s 🦅 eyes never miss any great object. Well done 👏🏻
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*How are you RC? 😅
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Well, now I can get online to respond to my kind readers, I feel much better! Interruption of texting service left me without dual authentication for 5 hours!
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What does last the 2 lines means?
What was interrupted? 🤔
I’m glad that you feel better, stay amazing
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For website security, I enter a password and receive a number code through my cell phone texts. I enter the code to prove it’s me. I have received enough hacking attempts that I have to use the two code also known as double authentication to protect my website. Today, my cell service provider had problems and people couldn’t send or receive texts for 5 hours!
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Ohhhh well
What a bummer
I hope things are well now.
Many a times, no internet connection or network is boon ☺️
I’ve lived without internet and enjoyed it 😅
I hope everything is protected and secured.
You must be having a map to secret Island, that’s why you have many hacking attempts. Stay safe 🔆🤝🏻
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All is well, thanks. How did you guess about the secret pirate treasure map! Don’t tell anyone it’s hidden in my website archives…
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You should delete this comment dear friend… 😅
While we are joking, some lunatic will consider it serious. 😶🌫️😱
What’s with next month’s poetry challenge? I have a suggestion 🙇🏻♂️
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Thanks, what’s your suggestion?
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Father’s day!!
Which is next month, june.
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Cool idea. I’ll think about which poetic form will be best for the subject.
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Thanks, Devang. Monarchs are true wonders.
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What a joyful sighting!
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Thank you, Rosaliene! We were thrilled.
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Beautiful! Love the Ali reference at the end!
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Thanks, Wynne. Glad you caught it.
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Beautiful butterflies. 🙂
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Thank you! Hope to see more this summer. 🙂
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Even in a still photo, I can still see this little friend’s grace and glide. What a beauty!!!
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Thanks, Heather. They are mesmerizing to watch.
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Spring is finally here when you see butterflies! Hope it’s warming up where you are!
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Thanks, Rebecca. Yea, it’d been in the 80s every afternoon this week!
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Beautiful! Butterflies always feel like special visitors… I know they’re just doing their thing, but I feel honoured every time one of them decides to drop by.
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I can see why the mixteca (Aztecs) thought of them as visitors from the spirit world.
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Oh, I didn’t know that, Rebecca! Thanks for the information. I can totally understand why! I’ll think of them as visitors from the spirit world from now on too. Love the thought.
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A treat to see in person, or on the screen! 🥰
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Thanks, Michele. I am very much dancing around the garden when they arrive.
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Beautiful Rebecca. I always feel summer has arrived when we see butterflies 🦋 💓
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Thanks, Brenda. I saw another monarch today!
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Lovely
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you, Sheri. Glad you liked them.
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My pleasure.
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I once took a Monarch caterpillar home to let the grandchildren watch it make a cocoon, but it escaped. Alas, my yard had little of its favorite food. Learned my lesson: leave Nature alone. I still worry about that caterpillar. Did it ever get to be a butterfly?
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Oh dear, milkweed can be hard to find. Your intentions were good.
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Great captures Rebecca, including a fritillary which I have a certain affection for.
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Thanks, Denzil. Fun butterfly challenge.
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