Butterflies add to my garden's beauty
The first time I read the opinion that butterflies and other animals in the garden made it come to life, I was perplexed by the thought. My focus was on improving soil, learning plants' survival needs and reading every garden book I could get through. Now that I have more experience, I agree with that author. Gardening is about so much more than plants. This week we have enough butterflies during the heat of the day that it is worth while to chase them with the camera. There were a couple of giant swallowtails out there, too, but they are so shy and difficult to photograph. 1st photo is Hackberry Emperor (I think). They do hang around on trees to eat sap. The hook is for a hammock and probably has sap around it. Check these photos http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Butterfly.html Do you agree? 2nd photo is a Black Swallowtail on Verbena 3rd photo is what I mostly get photos of when chasing butterflies: The flower they just left. 4th photo is a Fiery skipper on a zinnia volun...