Mystery Butterfly

How lovely is this butterfly? Alas, I cannot seem to ID it--not a Monarch, not a Painted Lady, not a Gulf fritillary. Any lepidopterists out there who can help me out?

Whatever it is...it is quite beautiful, and I feel lucky to have seen it.

Random Hearts, Trail Edition

Three hearts on the trail on Friday...

Truck Goals

Love this!

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

The face one sees when you awaken her from a very deep sleep: hello there, Grandma Gruntcake (as we affectionately call her). My darling little elderdog...

Flowers Flowers Flowers

 

 I ordered some dahlia tubers from Floret Farm, a fantastic small flower grower in Washington. Erin Benzakein is amazing, and in another life, I would do what she does (hard hard work and all). She has also written a beautiful book, pictured here. (That's stock, above, one of my fave flowers--the fragrance is wonderful.)

 And my tubers arrived this week! Yay (there are three of them in that bag--they sold out in minutes, so I count myself fortunate to have snagged these).

And free seeds, too! I happen to have grown all three of these flowers in the past and am very happy to have these seeds for another go-round.

Happy dance!

Hummingbird Mama

The cuteness of a hummingbird on her nest is almost too much to stand...seriously, look at this! Her little tail sticking up in the back just kills me!

How I wish this were on our property, but alas, it is not...this is just outside my friend's front door. Lucky!

Tree Jewel

 If you look closely, you can see the little golden jewel in the tree...

My little fave, a goldfinch!