Thanks to the few rain showers we’ve had over the last month, my flowers are still in full bloom. And the butterflies have finally come to visit them! I haven’t seen many butterflies in my garden since moving here. I am assuming it’s because the drought had such a large impact. I was out there today planting my rain lily and daffodil bulbs and the butterflies were buzzing around me. They were getting pretty frisky too. I watched them laying their eggs on the tips of my Dalea flowers. There were several species of caterpillars munching around under the sage leaves. I wonder what they will be doing once the cold temps settle in on Saturday. I’m just grateful that I had covered the flowers from those short bursts of frost we had over the last weeks. I am certain I would not have had the bee and butterfly population right now if I hadn’t.

A lovely painted lady blessing my garden with her presence.

From what I can tell this is a Reakirt’s Blue. They were just so sweet hanging out together on my Dalea.