Chasing Butterflies and Bees

  Yesterday, I took my camera out into my little garden. 

I noticed on the three Mexican Sunflower plants, were a lot of butterflies and bees on them.

 It seems the Painted Lady butterflies were out in number yesterday.

Here you can see I tried to get all three. The two butterflies and one bee.

 I spent a while outside trying to get these photos but it was really fun and beautiful to watch.

 I am trying to get use to my new camera.  It is a Panasonic LUMIX ZS60.  A much heavier camera for me, but Hubby thought this would be the right camera for me to use for my garden photos.  I was so use to using my light weight my mini CoolPix S600.  The LUMIX has a lot of neat features which I'm going to have to sit myself down and try and learn how to use them.

I was very pleased with the photos.

Mexican Sunflowers

MORNING DEW

 They brighten up any garden and home.  

 The Mexican Sunflower has attracted several different butterflies.

Gray Hairstreak butterfly

This photo shows two separate plants.  They grow tall and bushy.  The branches are fragile.  The plant will need some support.  In windy conditions, the branches will break or the whole plant will fall over (from experience).

This beautiful flowering plant came from the seed packet, Bring home the butterflies, Botanical Interests.  They re-seed well in my garden.

Orange Sulphur Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

 I'm a little obsessed with these beauties.  It seems I cannot get enough photos of them.
But I do want to show you what a lovely flower they are.

A New Month

Happy October 1st

 I have three Mexican Sunflower plants that self-sowed themselves in the garden.

A wonderful attractor  for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and finches.

Here are two of them.

The finches love the leaves.  It is like a salad to them.

So I will be seeing a lot of the leaves with holes in them.

On one of my Pincushion plants, praying mantis.  I have spotted three so far in the garden.

I do not know the name of this winged little one.  "Common Southern California butterfly" Was all I could find for now. If anyone knows, please let me know.  But it was enjoying the white Pincushion flowers along the parkway. 

Hubby and I scatted a couple of years ago a seed packet called, "Bring home the butterflies". 

The seed packet came from Botanical Interests 

Thank you for the visit.