butterflies

When we moved to our new place 2 months ago, one of the first things my husband and mother-in-law commented on in our backyard was our nice sized butterfly bush in our flower garden..."you just wait", Carol said, "they'll come"...and sure enough, while Haven and I were enjoying a lovely lunch/picnic out back, fluttering around the bush & deck were 3 lovely yellow-tail butterflies! It was such fun watching the gleam in her eyes & Haven shrieking with delight!

I even took a stem off the bush in hopes of "catching" one & Haven actually almost had one land on her little branch...except she was so busy squealing with delight that it was so close to her, the butterfly ended up flitting back to the bush! Grandma Iowa ~ we needed your butterfly catchers!

...no idea where she gets such excitement from!? :)

waiting "patiently"....

wanting to give up...

...rewarded for her diligence & super excited!

our beautiful visitors...look really hard...their there!

[I mean really?...who has time to run in & get your camera when ones' phone is right beside you?]