Wings and Things

I love to take pictures of nature and that includes bees and butterflies. I have made mention before about not seeing as many of them as in the past. That really rings true this summer. It has taken this long to gather some shots of butterflies to share. We have a lot of flowers and a butterfly bush but it has been slim pickings this summer. Last summer, our jasmine plants (we have two that we set outside for the summer) were magnets for butterflies. We have only seen one or two on the plants this year. The hummingbirds are shy this year also. I was able to capture images of this one last week. Of course I have kept up with the birds this summer.