Hello and TGIF! It's been a long week. The Monarchs were around my yard a lot in the last couple of weeks. I have never seen so many at one time on the flowers. I was even able to capture one of my best shots ever of them, two together on the Budhelia Bush or Butterfly Bush. I also have to share this one with my fellow #Bokeholics because #FridaysAreBokehlicious ! Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere Hackney +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral




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Hi all and TGIF! It's a cold, rainy one here so thought I would brighten it up with a Monarch on a Zinnia from my garden. Also sharing it with my fellow #Bokeholics because #FridaysAreBokehlicious and I loved the creamy bokeh behind. Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere Hackney +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral



#butterflies #butterfly #flower #Macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #Monarch #Zinnia #bokeh

Hi all and happy Saturday! We are getting some much needed rain again but it has turned cold, only a high of 55 F. I have been pretty lucky for the last few days, I have had several Monarchs in my yard enjoying the flowers. I captured 4 of them enjoying this group of Zinnias with my phone and it actually turned out OK even though I have an older model. Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!


#butterfly #butterflies #flowers #Monarchs #nature #naturephotography #Zinnias

Hi and TGIF! Hope you are not tired of the Butterflies, I have enough photos I could share one ever day. :-) This is one of the beautiful Buckeye Butterflies that visited my garden in early August. Sharing it with my fellow #Bokeholics as well because #FridaysAreBokehlicious ! Hope you enjoy it and have a great day!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral



#BuckeyeButterfly #butterflies #Butterfly #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #Zinnia

Hi all and TGIF! Yesterday I saw a "Lifer" for me butterfly. I had to research on the net to see what this was as it is not very common to Kansas. This is a lovely Border Patch Butterfly that was enjoying my Autumn Sedum in the garden. Because of the lovely Sedum bokeh I had to share this with my fellow #Bokeholics as well because #FridaysAreBokehlicious ! Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral


#BorderPatch #butterfly #butterflies #Kansas #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography

Hello and TGIF! I was lucky this year to have Swallowtails in my garden fairly often. I planted all kinds of things for them but what the butterflies seem to enjoy most are the Zinnias. Here is a female Black Swallowtail enjoying one. I am also sharing this with my fellow #Bokeholics because #FridaysAreBokehlicious and this has some Zinnia bokeh in it. Hope you enjoy the image and have a great start to your weekend!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral


#bokeh #BlackSwallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #Kansas #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #Swallowtailbutterfly

Hello and TGIF, it's been a long week! The latest butterfly visitor to my yard has been Buckeye butterflies. I captured this one on the Zinnias about a week ago. I liked the creamy bokeh so I had to share this with my fellow #Bokeholics as well because #FridaysAreBokehlicious ! Hope you enjoy the image and have a great start to your weekend! Something went wacky with my first post and it posted the photo from last time so trying again. Gads Google Photos is odd lately.

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral

#bokeh #buckeye #butterflies #butterfly #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #Kansas

Hi all and TGIF! I have been lucky this summer to see and capture several Swallowtail butterflies around, mostly on m new land. This is a male Tiger Swallowtail enjoying the Ironweed plant with a bug bonus. I am sharing this image with the #Bokeholics because #FridaysAreBokehlicious and I thought this image had some pretty good bokeh in it. Hope you enjoy it and have a great start to your weekend!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral


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Hi all and TGIF! This is an older image that I never shared for some reason. This is a Gulf Fritillary butterfly on a Grayhead Prairie Coneflower. When the seeds fall or are eaten, the head is grey looking. It has some nice creamy bokeh behind it so sharing this for the fellow #Bokeholics because #FridaysAreBokehlicious ! Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral


#bokeh #butterfly #butterflies #GulfFritillary #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography

Hello and TGIF! I have planted Echinacea or Cone Flowers in several places on my property. They seem to attract the butterflies, plus I love the look of them. This Monarch was definitely attracted to them last week. I am sharing this image with my fellow #Bokeholics because #FridaysAreBokehlicious ! Hope you enjoy the image and have a great start to your weekend!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral



#butterflies #butterfly #ConeFlower #Echinacea #Kansas #macro #macrophotography #Monarch #Nature #naturephotography