a blog by Teresa Soule and Garden Shoes Online
Look who stopped by for a visit yesterday.
He very slowly dawdled between flowers in my garden while I snapped his picture many many times. I swear he was posing for me. I suppose if I possessed that kind of beauty, I would like people admiring me too.
I felt like he was a rare flower with wings that I had to take in quickly for fear he would fly away and I’d miss all that beauty.
The truth is, he gave me enough time to admire him, quickly run into the house for my camera, change lenses and then photograph him as he fluttered flower to flower.
After he graciously allowed me all of this time, he happily fluttered off across the street into the park and out of my life as if he had an appointment with somebody else.
~”You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder.”
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August 15th, 2010 at: 11:23 pm
Great butterfly shots!
August 16th, 2010 at: 12:20 am
Nice photos. You must be doing something right to be blessed with so much time to photograph the butterfly.
August 16th, 2010 at: 6:06 am
I love butterflies
great shots
August 16th, 2010 at: 10:29 am
These are beautiful shots, especially the 3rd one! Love em!
August 16th, 2010 at: 12:51 pm
Hi Ya
gorgeous macro shot, beautifl detail,sue,x
August 16th, 2010 at: 3:51 pm
Absolutely beautiful!
August 16th, 2010 at: 11:12 pm
Thank you so much for sharing you beautiful pictures. Butterflies are so amazing and it is great to get such a good look at such beauty.
August 17th, 2010 at: 12:12 am
How wonderful to be able to capture his wanderings in your garden. Just beautiful!
August 17th, 2010 at: 7:46 am
Gorgeous shots of that Flying Flower.
August 17th, 2010 at: 5:34 pm
Well he was certainly considerate! What a beautiful visitor!
August 18th, 2010 at: 12:53 am
Fabulous photos! I especially like the third and fourth photo.
August 18th, 2010 at: 2:13 am
Mr. Monarch is quite lovely – these photos do him justice.
August 18th, 2010 at: 5:13 am
Great butterfly shots! It
is so much fun to photograph them. I have been doing a bit of that myself this week.
August 18th, 2010 at: 7:23 am
Awesome photos. I know you enjoyed this special photo shoot. Beautiful.
Hugs, Jeanne
August 18th, 2010 at: 1:47 pm
I’ve just about given up on shoot flutterbys, they just don’t stay in one place long enough for me to get ready & get a good shot of them – but as long as I get to see them, it’s fine by me – I love ‘em!
August 18th, 2010 at: 3:30 pm
Thanks Kala, I appreciate that, because he was so beautiful I wanted to capture that.
August 18th, 2010 at: 3:30 pm
So beautiful Lisa
August 18th, 2010 at: 9:14 pm
Oh, Teresa, you have a beautiful garden, full of blooms! Those red chairs are definitely great works!
August 22nd, 2010 at: 1:02 am
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