Day 69: Monarch
I have been very busy so it has been quite a while since I last made a post. The beautiful Fall weather is here and we thought Gracie's Garden was finished until next year since our plants are predominantly annuals. We knew that the butterfly bush is a perennial and should survive the Texas winter so were not surprised when it continued to flower. The real surprise came las week when we saw this caterpillar feasting on the plant. It becomes a monarch butterfly, and seeing it immediately brough back memories of the "old days" when I used to chase butterfly images just as I chased sunsets. I did the best I could with my 18mm-70mm kit lens on this one. A macro lens would have been great under these circumstances. Oh well, maybe I will have one next time.