Butterflies and Zinnias

This summer has been taking a long time to wind down and that's fine with me.  Yesterday I was out in the kitchen garden and saw three Painted Lady butterflies on my Zinnia Profusion 'cherry' and 'apricot' that I started from seed. Those two colors were just perfect backdrops for this particular butterfly:

Comments

[Mary]

Beautiful! I love flowers and butterflies. Have you ever seen a red admiral? They are beautiful and they always visit our garden during the summer.

[Julia]

Thanks! And yes, I have seen red admirals, for the first time this summer. I had never seen them before and I've lived here for 14 years. I took a pic of one--I should put it in one of my photo albums.

[amy]

Beautiful! Both the zinnias and the butterfly. Are red admirals really red? Never seen one yet. We sure get a lot of cardinals in DE--they are back again already for the winter.

[Julia]

Hi Amy! Red admirals have a band of reddish-orange on their wings. I think I have a photo of one in my "nature" photo album.

[Gina]

More gorgeous photos ~ you have a lovely blog ~ will be back :O)

[kerri]

Your photos are wonderful! I saw mostly Tiger Swallowtails and Monarchs this summer. I'm so pleased to know the name of those Zinnias. I saw them at Cornell Plantations and wanted to plant some. So pretty!
Your Great Horned Owl picture is magnificent!