This beauty sat nice and posed for me. It is either a Diane Fritillary or a Spicebush Swallowtail.
Poppies reaching for the sky.
Purple Spiderwort winter sown for this season.
Moss Rose, what a truly pretty color. Direct sown this spring.
Queen Anne's Lace. It is said that Queen Anne was tatting some lace and pricked her finger. A single drop of blood fell into the center of her lace, giving this flower its name.
Teasel, growing wild on our lane.
Zinnia opening up.
4 comments:
Mightn't that butterfly be a pipevine swallowtail?
The markings aren't quite the same, but it is another possibility!
Hi Angie,
Nice blog! I'm so jealous of your garden. :-(
Your beautifully photographed butterfly is none other than Limenitis arthemis astyanax, also know as a Red-Spotted Purple.
Keep blogging--I'm really enjoying it. ;-)
Hi Tina, Thank you, I think that you have solved my mystery! Red-Spotted Purple it is! Thanks for stopping by, hope to "see" you again!-angie
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