I had a visit from royalty!

[VenusRising]

I was sitting on the couch, and my husband opened the sliding glass door to put the trash out back.

I looked out past him to see the overgrown mess that I've let go back there.

I caught a fluttering glimpse of color before my husband closed the curtain.

I grabbed my camera and went outside. I stood back and waited for the moment it would land.

It's a bit breezy today, so the monarch just fluttered and floated around me.

Finally, it came to a rest right in front of me like it knew it was being photographed.

So, here is a picture of my royal visitor.



I tried to get a shot with it's wings open, but they all came out too blurry.

My husband said that even if I didn't get the greatest open wing shot, it was worth it to watch the butterfly "dance" around me.

I even felt like that, too, when I was standing there. :bounce:

[Deja Q]

1. I've always wanted to meet Monarch too...

:evilgrin:

[VenusRising]

2. Who the hell is that?!

:scared:

[VenusRising]

3. Kick for the night crowd.

:)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Nice pic!

:hi:

[VenusRising]

5. I got lucky.

How are you, cutie??

:hi::hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Doing good.

About to go to sleep, actually. Damn job! :P

[VenusRising]

8. I hope you had a good weekend.

Sweet dreams!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Good night!

:hi:

And yes, I did have a good weekend. :D

[Critters2]

6. Beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing! nt

[hfojvt]

10. I am still trying to get some milkweed

to help propagate the Monarchs. Maybe over my vacation, since I guess I have to goto Lawrence to get some. The last batch I got, people tell me now, is only Butterfly weed.

[VenusRising]

11. I didn't plant anything this year in the back.

We thought we were going to be gone for the summer, and didn't want to have someone else be responsible for it.

I guess it liked whatever I let grow wild back there.

[hfojvt]

13. they feed on pollen, so any flower will probably due

but they need milkweed for reproduction, and they are dying off because milkweed is increasingly being killed by chemical farming.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear VenusRising!

Awesome pic, sweetie!

Thank you for sharing this bit of luck with all of us!

A Monarch.....how very cool...

:bounce: :bounce:

[VenusRising]

14. You're very welcome, Peggy.

I just knew that you would love this picture.

:hug::loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. How'd you know?

I'm kidding, sweetie!

You made me laugh, just like you always do...

:loveya: :hug:

[SPKrazy]

16. what a beautiful pic

thanks for that :hug:

[VenusRising]

17. Thank you.

It was a beautiful experience having the butterfly dance around me.

:hug:

[Guava Jelly]

18. I feel your pain

I have taken many butterfly pictures for a certain friend of mine and getting one with the wings open is a bitch.

this was the best open wing one i got so far and it is off center.
You did a wonderful Job great picture :)
Some pretty bugs just don't like to cooperate.

[VenusRising]

19. Very nice job.

Off center makes it "artistic". ;)

They just open their wings so fast you have to anticipate the act to catch it just right.

[Guava Jelly]

21. I haven't gotten any good ones lately

And thank you :)
I think some of it has to do with different species of butterfly some cooperate quite well while others are assholes :)

[VenusRising]

22. They better watch out for me.

I'm married to an entomologist with butterfly nets and pinning boards, and I know how to use them both! :evilgrin:

I would never have gotten the picture if I hadn't caught the flutter out of the corner of my eye.

There is a butterfly house a few miles from my dad's house. I need to go there on my next visit and see if I can get something good. :)

[Guava Jelly]

24. that would be very Kewl

:)of course you will share them :)

[VenusRising]

25. Of course I will.

:)

[fizzgig]

20. great pic hun

i bet that was so cool to have it flutter about you :)

[VenusRising]

23. It was really cool.

A few times I thought it was going to land on me. I kept screaming, "NOOOOOOOO!!! Don't land on me!!" in my head.

I wouldn't have been able to get a picture that way.