vacation

There were a lot of things I thought I would miss out on when I was diagnosed, one of those things was vacations. There were still many places I wanted to see in the world and I thought I would never get to. When chemo was finished it took a while to gain strength, so I still didn't travel for at least a year. But, today, I leave on a journey to Glacier National Park! Yippee! I feel strong enough to hike again and am looking forward to it. While I loaded up the van this Monarch kept me company, and by his swirls and loops it looked like he was celebrating with me.

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Thanx to the Monarch I was able to get one more post in before we left.  Ok, see you on the flip side! :)

Butterflies

This butterfly stood out in the sunshine amongst the green.

This one tried to hide in shadows but he wasn't as sneaky as he thought.

Natural Macro Monday

Now why, would this pretty butterfly be sitting on the gravel when there's such a pretty flower nearby?

I'm not a fan of Irises, but I love the tiny Water Irises.

Silly butterflies!

They were even on poop - why not on the flowers?!

I feel very fortunate to have found these tiny wild orchids! I think they're Calopogon tuberosus, but don't hold me to that.

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign MckLinky. Don't forget to visit each other. :)

Monarchs and more

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Monarchs are always a delight to find.

And easy to recognize/identify.

But I’m pretty clueless when it comes to other butterflies.

Tiny and quick they flutter so fast they are hard to catch.

Sometimes, freezing them with the camera will help me to identify them later, but I wasn’t able to get close enough to this little fairy.

I love the little bits of white along the edges of this one’s wings.

I may be clueless at identifying butterflies, but I still enjoy their beauty.

And Monarchs are always a delight to find.

Of course I found these before the fall migration.