 The Monarch butterflies are making their pilgrimage to Mexico for the winter and they are coming right across the Oklahoma Pastry Cloth™ digs. They are so regal and so beautiful, they just take your breath away. I wish I could have gotten a picture of the tree covered in butterflies, but I didn’t have my camera. However, a number of the splendid creatures stopped on my Lantana and got a drink.  And there was this weird little creature that looked like a hummingbird with a butterfly face. It moved so fast, it was hard to catch, but it was feeding right there with the Monarchs. Anybody know what it is?? I’d sure like to know. Note: Thanks to reader, Dorothy for informing us that this creature is a Hummingbird Moth. Who’d a guessed THAT? 🙂  And as I was taking pictures of such pretty things, Mr. Fix-It arrived with his rental car marred by a beastly windshield disaster that had happened not an hour earlier. A bolt from a truck and trailer in front of him, bounced on the turnpike asphalt and shot into Mr. Fix-It’s windshield right in Mr. Fix-It’s face. Praise God that it did not go through because it would have been like a bullet. The bad thing is that he is driving the rental car because the regular one is in the shop being beaten back into shape from the incredible hail damage done to it in the hail storm I wrote about recently, including the video. Sooooo, now Mr. Fix-It is picking up a second rental car.  But I choose to think about the butterflies. They have made up the pretty part of the day! (You thought I was going to talk about squashed butterflies on the windshield, now didn’t you??!)   |
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Tags: butterfly, cracked windshield, migration, Monarch
I’ll take the cracked windshield if you’ll take the 10 Zumba dancers…boom de boom boom music included at no additional cost…limited time only so act fast! (Inside joke folks). Long sigh………………
Butterflies are my weakness…I even have butterfly pulls on my kitchen cabinets and drawers, so your pictures are an extra blessing for me. God makes some of the most beautiful creatures, and we seldom take the time to stop and admire them. Thank you for your pictures…
The mysterious creature looks like a moth to me. They have insect faces and big, fat bodies. The butterflies are gorgeous.
You got me on that one, MB. I thought you were going to talk about Monarchs on your windshield! Have a great day!
I’m so glad to hear I have a kindred sister in butterflies, Judy. I have studied all about them since I was a child. Excelled in biology when we had to identify them!! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the pictures.
I agree, Brenda. I thought it looked like a moth too, but it sure acts wierd…like a hummingbird.
Oh good, Ken!! I got ONE person at least! 🙂
It’s called a hummingbird moth. Clever, huh?
Oh!! Thank you, Dorothy!! Now I know what to look up! I like to find out about the creatures around us. Thanks again for being so smart! 🙂