On July 10th, spouse and I were walking where the milkweed was blooming. We saw our first monarch. It fluttered out of range of my iPhone SE first edition, which does not have a good zoom function.
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| Visible in the upper left - just barely. |
Frustration! Let's be patient and hope the butterfly comes closer.
But then, taking pity of me, he or she alights on a plant just a bit closer.
Success! (too bad zoom lenses for this model iPhone seem to be hard to get).
We've see several monarchs since and several other butterflies. There's a tiny orange butterfly that seems to alight mainly on white clover and will spread its wings in the sunshine. I'm trying to identify that one, and may post it over the weekend.
Meanwhile, I'm joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday
...I saw my first monarch yesterday, it's a start!
ReplyDeleteI saw the butterfly perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThank you a lot for these beautiful and fresh images!
Happy WW!
I have yet to see one this year but hopeful, I am! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love when you share your magical life with us! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Alana!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. Can barely see it in the first shot, but the second shot is perfect.
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Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥
Love your nature walks!
ReplyDeleteCarol C
beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat's nice! I haven't seen a monarch in many years.
ReplyDeleteYay, you got it on (virtual) film. I saw two monarchs just yesterday.
ReplyDeleteLovely milkweed and butterfly.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture of it. Now i will have to Google and see if monarchs are in Phoenix.
ReplyDeleteBetty
oh wow great photos! So nice to see the Monarchs! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice photo of the Monarch. We don't get them here.
ReplyDeletetheir color is striking!
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