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Monday, 27 May 2013

Today I saw a painted lady!

 After a night away, we released the cats into the garden!
My Buster – showing off
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)


It's tough work in the backyard

Daisy sips from the bird bath
in the rock garden

Ontario lilacs in full bloom
Phoebe is on the nest
5 eggs!

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8 comments:

  1. eileeninmd27 May 2013 at 08:30

    Great sighting, it is a pretty butterfly!

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  2. lorik27 May 2013 at 18:03

    My favourites are the butterfly (great closeup of colour and pattern) and your beautiful Buster. Very worrying about the ticks though... I must check my Melody.

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  3. Sallie (FullTime-Life)27 May 2013 at 18:51

    Lovely Painted Lady!

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  4. betty-NZ27 May 2013 at 20:42

    Great series of shots--looks like the cats are having fun. Lilacs are so yummy smelling, glad you are enjoying them!

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  5. Anonymous28 May 2013 at 02:01

    Your backyard is lovely! And what a gorgeous butterfly shot.

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  6. Fun6028 May 2013 at 04:15

    Great shot of the butterfly.

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  7. Unknown28 May 2013 at 06:00

    Great Painted Lady shot!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  8. Unknown28 May 2013 at 07:42

    I really enjoyed your pictures. My blog was about butterflys as well.

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