Into The Wild Blue Yonder

We have some butterfly bushes along the fence by the front yard.  They smell good and have pretty flowers, but their biggest virtue is… well…. just like their name suggests.  They attract butterflies.

This one was poised for flight when I snapped the picture.

Off into the Wild Blue Yonder!

I’m not sure if that’s a bee or fly or what already in the air, but the butterfly is all set to take off after it.

We like butterflies around here, and since we have a lot less grazing critters, we’re letting the bottom pasture grow wild again.  It’s full of Joe Pye Weed and Ironweed and Goldenrod and other goodies that butterflies enjoy.

I’m not sure what the plant is with the white flower heads.  Okay brainy people, who knows?

Whatever it is, the butterflies like it.