Late in April and during May, my backyard were full of lily leek flowers. These little elegant white flowers were a welcome sign of Spring.
Lily leek flowers are one of those perennials that come back every year without any help. They quickly taken over the yard, but only lasted for about three weeks.
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| Lilly Leek |
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| Red Admiral Butterfly |
Butterfly loved to come out and played during this time also. I had a great time following this butterfly, and took some pictures.
In different part of the yard, the butterfly showed a different shade of color on the back of its wing. I think when the sun was high, the color washed out a little to the shade of orange.
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| Folded wings |
Enjoy your long weekend, and
have a great Independence Day!
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Beautiful photos. I love the flowers macro but more interesting are the butterflies.
ReplyDeleteGreat series of photos, lovely contribution to Macro flowers Saturday!
I like these little flowers Icy and that butterfly is AMAZING! Wow, what a capture and as always, the mosaic is a treat. Fantastic shots.
ReplyDeleteOh this is lovely Icy. Love the butterflies. I see loads of them in my garden which I keep as insect friendly as I can.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos!! I love butterflies, and yours are very nice:-)
ReplyDeleteHow very interesting, and how very beautiful and a wonderful pastime chasing butterflies. Great minds do thing alike, one of my favorite artful endeavors. That and blowing bubbles at my dog and cats while I weed in the back yard and try like mad to capture a photo such as the ones you have -- all in the good name of blogging that is.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week end.
Keeping the inner child alive,
Joanny
Great shots! Happy Independence Day!
ReplyDeleteIcy B those are great shots - especially of those butterflies as they don't sit around too long.
ReplyDeleteI've been known to chase butterflies around my yard. It gives the neighbours something to talk about. :)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it's a red admiral butterfly. :)
Very, very pretty lily flowers and great pictures!!
ReplyDeleteLove the butterflies too:)
Great shots of the butterflies. Challenging to capture one and you have five : )
ReplyDeleteChasing butterflies is not an easy thing to do, and you've done it very well Icy! Nice captures!
ReplyDeleteButterflies are difficult to chase and capture on camera. You got some really great shots Icy, each one is beautiful. That Red Admiral is one I would like to see in my yard.
ReplyDeleteI love butterflies and lily leeks. So pretty and delicate.
ReplyDeleteSweet little flowersand such lovely butterflies. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteHow did you find so many butterflies? Funny, here, I could only find a victim bug once in a while.
ReplyDeleteThese are some beautiful butterflies.
ReplyDeletelove the photos of butterflies... and of course the flowers too.
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