Final Fritillary
The one butterfly species seeming in abundance this summer but only in one spot filled with thistle where I watched surrounded by five of these beauties fluttering about, paying not the slightest bit of attention to my presence. The last warm breezes of summer are whispering goodbye to our flying insect friends, tho those lingering seem much less apprehensive and skittish. Remarkably, yesterday I had a large, blue and green dragonfly (a Green Darner, I believe) hover around me for quite some time, landing on various parts of my body without the slightest qualm, finally actually perching on the tip of my nose for several amazing moments before taking his leave...naturally, just before I finally decided to try for a photo.
[Note to Sigi: As mentioned on your shot, looking at the same scene at about the same time halfway across the world. Now that's synchronicity.]
Final Fritillary
The one butterfly species seeming in abundance this summer but only in one spot filled with thistle where I watched surrounded by five of these beauties fluttering about, paying not the slightest bit of attention to my presence. The last warm breezes of summer are whispering goodbye to our flying insect friends, tho those lingering seem much less apprehensive and skittish. Remarkably, yesterday I had a large, blue and green dragonfly (a Green Darner, I believe) hover around me for quite some time, landing on various parts of my body without the slightest qualm, finally actually perching on the tip of my nose for several amazing moments before taking his leave...naturally, just before I finally decided to try for a photo.
[Note to Sigi: As mentioned on your shot, looking at the same scene at about the same time halfway across the world. Now that's synchronicity.]