Today really has been such a beautiful day....we spent a while out in the yard, cleaning up the pool, watering the house and what not (yes, I have to water my house...which I have not been doing 100%, which is why it's a-crackalackin').
I have a butterfly tree in my back yard. One of the bigger trees seems to be quite the butterfly magnet these days. I love to lay back in the pool and watch them fly back and forth. They are friendly little bugs, too...attaching themselves to your shirt and taking a ride around the yard.This also used to be where the previous house owners had a tree house. Perfect tree for it, huh? Too bad I saw this wicked looking spider last fall all tangly-webbed up there...I'm so not a bug person.
I stood by the tree for awhile, trying to get the perfect picture...and in the meantime got about 100 mosquito bites, urgh. I counted maybe 10-15 butterflies, all Monarch species (I think). And then, as I put my camera away, this HUGE, beautiful, bright orange one comes flying out of the limbs of the tree....oh it was so pretty. I googled "Texas butterflies and trees" but didnt get an answer as to why there were so many. The only half-answer I got was that Texas is the Monarch's stop on the way to Mexico for their winter nesting.
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Ren is terrified of bugs but loves butterflies and the fact that there is very little distinction cracks me up.
My favorite song from the Sound of Music is the puppet theatre one.
Well, I know of two of them who won't make it to Mexico for the winter...or ever.
I love The Sound of Music.
How fun that you have lots of butterflies in your yard!
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