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Thank you so much, Xenia!!!! i do love butterflies and moths … haven’t really seen any in my garden yet this year, so this guy’s visit was especially appreciated … as is your kind visit and note!!!!! Thank you again!!!!

thank you, Francis!!! Hugzz!!

Hello sweetie!!!! Thank you!!!!! I was sooo excited to see this guy land on the post … you should have seen me creeping up on him and cooing at him, lol!!!!! Thank you again!!!!!

Hello, dear Clive!!!!! Oh, thank you!!!!!!! I’m thrilled that you think this one came out well!!!! Hugzzz!!!!!

Hi Andrei!!! Thank you!!!

Hello Gorgeous!!!!!! Thank you!!!! Hugzz!!

Thank you so much, sweet Tibby!!!!! You know, sometimes you have a shot that really appeals to you, but you’re just not sure if anyone else will like it too, lol!!! So you upload the thing, push the button, and send it out into the universe!!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it too!!!!!

Basia, thank you so much!!!! What a wonderful comment … and my feedback was quite heartfelt!!!! Thank you again!!!!

Big hugzzz!!!

Thank you, Daniel … you should have seen me creeping up on him, snapping from the moment I spotted him, getting closer, closer … then .. OFF he went!!!

Thank you so much, Bela!!!!!

Thank you, dear Veikko … oh, I’m SO thrilled you liked it!!!! YAY!!!

Hello Vasile!!!!! Thank you very much!!!! A 10!!! YAY!!!!!!!

Thanks so much, Pauline!!!!! I was nearly going crazy at this point … the sun kept coming and going behind the clouds!!!! LOL!!!!

Hi Kitten!!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!! Yes, this one was a lucky angle!!!!

thank you, Shaun … we have lots of butterflies visit our garden … but this one is unfamiliar to me … and this was only taken a mile or so down the road!!!! i was thrilled to see him!!!

Thank you, Kathy!!!!!!!

LOL!!! Oh, how TRUE, Jacqi … I was snapping from the minute he landed … the other shots are nice too, but his wings are down … I was so lucky to snap this one at the right second!!!!

Oh, Ann, you sweetie!!! He was so brightly colored, I’d have to have been blind to miss him!!!!

LOL!!!!!! Thank you Trudy … but I was creeping up as quietly as I know how!!!! ROFL!!!

Bill, you darling, I’m just going to have to get a book of Wordsworth’s verses!!!!! You’ve got me hungry for more!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Thank you so much, Jeffrey, isn’t he amazing!!!!!

LOL!!!! Darling Bevie … thank you!!!!!!! No need for red shoes at the moment, though … I’ll stay in my comfy cross trainers a little longer!!!!!!

Aww, thank you so much, Wynnie!!!!! Hugzzz!!!!

Hiiii Renee-Rooster!!!!! Oh, yay!!! I don’t have a clue … I’ve never seen this one in our garden … and I snapped this shot just a mile or so down the road from our house!!!! I’ll look Painted Lady up!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Hello, hello, sweetie!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Hi Corey!!!!!! Thank you very much!!!!!!

Hi Robin!!! Thank you!!!

Hi sweetie!!!! Oh, uhoh … maybe my monitor is off??? It’s sort of a dark orange over here, which is what it was in real life, too, lol!!!! I do wonder sometimes about monitor colors … heaven only knows if what I see is what everyone else sees!!!! Hugzzz!!!

Thank you, Jan!!!!! Yes it was lucky timing … he flew off just after I snapped this last shot!!!

lol … never fear, Jan … my own fingers have a mind of their own sometimes!!!!!!!

LOL!!!! Thanks, Poopsie!!!!! It’s exactly what was happening … in the prior shots his wings were down … but he must have sensed me creeping up on him because just after this off he went!!!

haha … you DARLING!!!!! I’m SO GLAD you had that reaction!!!! That’s just the BEST compliment you could give me!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Hiii sweetie!!!! Thank you!!!!

Hi Jacqui!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!

Thank you so much!!!!!

Hi Steve … thank you so much … I was so lucky with this shot!!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Thank you, thank you Taylor!!!!! Let the Happy Dancing begin!!!!!

Karen, thank you sooooo much, sweetie!!!!!!! So glad you liked this little shot … it was just a lucky moment in time, lol!!!

Linaji … you’d have loved this particular afternoon so much!!!!! It was a glorious cloud day and I’d gone to the reservoir (such a beautiful place) to try out my new Cokin nd grad filter. Lovely people there … a young man even asked me to take his picture!!! As I was leaving I stopped by here to get some shots of these wonderful overgrown sheds and FLIT … there came this glorious, colorful butterfly!!!!! Truly … a gift!!!!!! Thank you again, sweetie!!!! hugzz!!!

Hi Genaro!!!! Thank you so much!!!

thanks, Gina!!

thank you, Carlos!!!

Dear Elizabeth … your note to me and your sentiment is as treasured as a Feature!!!! I mean that sincerely … thank you so much for telling me … and believe me … I’ve been sooooooo blessed … I’m sincerely glad you “spread the love” elsewhere!!!!!! You did the right thing!!!!! Thank you again for your sweet comment!!!!!! Hugzzzzz!!!!!

Jennifer, you sweetie!!!! I’m still learning!!! Honestly!!!! It’s just such fun, isn’t it??

Thank you so much!! So glad you enjoyed it!!

LOL Sandra, I think it’s because we’re always looking for something to snap at!!!

thanks, sweetie!!!

thank you, sweetie!!!!

thank you … it truly was one of those lucky moments in time!!

Hi Larry!!!!!! Thank you, hon!!!!!!!

Thank you, Carlie!!!!!!!

thank you so so so much!!!!!! I am truly honored!!!!! Sometimes a good photo takes so much set up and preparation and thought. Sometimes … it just happens!!!! Who’s to say which produces the better image??? LOL!!! As my dear husband always says, “sometimes it’s better to be lucky than smart!!!!!!” I’m so happy that you stopped by … thank you again!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you very, very much, Michael!!! What a lovely comment!!! I’m honored!!!!

David, thank you so much!!!!!

Thank you so much, Anita, and my apologies for missing your note the other day!!!!!

I’m so glad you enjoyed this one, Fleur … and I do apologize for not seeing your note sooner!!!!