Loose Leaf Notes

Very nice photos, they look like some that were fun to take.

Beautiful!! Sometimes I feel a lot like that #3 must.

It worked! I'm all buttered up because of your pretty photos of the butterflys.
We've had hummingbirds visiting all summer long and they are as neat as the butterflys.
You gotta love nature!

Beautiful. I noticed "been around the block" had taken some abuse over time. Good name. Very pretty and a nice way for me to start my morning, all cheery!

Your zinnias (one of my favs) look pretty too!

Beautiful Swallowtails!! Whitney will love seeing them...she's into butterflies (or any insects..she caught a cicada yesterday and had it walking up her arm and then asked me why I didn't like bugs!LOL I told her like them fine..away from me!)
I got your email. I'm planning on Sunday. Just me and the kids right now..unless Dad can make it. I'll get back to you!

I love! Swallowtails are so beautiful. They look like ballerinas to me. :)

We've been seeing so many butterflies and moths this year. Wonderful photos!

They are so beautiful. I love the black one. Butterflies are amazing!

oh, they're so beautiful! I had to shoulder small children out of my way at the Museum of Science to get my butterfly shots LOL!

New Kid on the Block is my favorite. I love the blue butterflies!

My daughter used to call them flutterby-s. And also? I have been singing a very poor rendition of "flutterbies are free to flyyyy, fly awaaaayyy..." ever since I first saw these pics this morning.

Those are absolutely gorgeous! What nice timing!

From where, do you think, comes the compulsion to stick pins in these beautiful creatures and "collect" them. Also, someone once gave me a paperweight consisting of a butterfly encased in plastic. See beauty, destroy it. There are myriad facets to the dark side of human nature.

We went to "The Butterfly Place" in Western MA It was fun and it reminds me of your pictures. Butterflies only live for a short time.....I forget how many hours, we went awhile ago.....so I forget the FUN facts, but this is true and one of them.
My favorite is the first one!
And your Zinnia's are gorgeous, I have some too.

Butterflies are so hard to photograph. Sometimes it seems as if they are mocking you. They flitter and flutter and flirt with me getting closer and closer then just when they lite on a flower and I am poised to click... off they fly or they close their wings. These are lovely.

The last butterfly I saw was gnawing on a dead mouse by the lake house. I'm just sayin'.

My home is overflowing with butterflies...not so much on the outside...but photos, etc. inside.
I love the symbolism of butterflies, so really enjoyed this entry. Your photos were spectacular!

Gorgeous shots! My guess is they're both Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Papilio glaucus), and both females judging from the blue on their hindwings. The one on the bottom is in its dark phase. Info courtesy of Bugguide.Net, at
http://bugguide.net/node/view/491

Love the blue one!