Saturday, August 17, 2013

Only 10 days!!

Kitties, our first butterfly emerged!     Simba discovered it fluttering in the box this morning, and so Mom and Dad took it outside to release it.     Mom was able to use the "Mackerel" setting CK told us about to get these close up shots.  Mom is so glad she was reading CK's blog in the middle of the night!!



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We think this is a male.     It stayed for a while before flying off over the house.    So pretty to see it do that!

We had expected it to take 14 to 20 days, not just ten.  Now we will watch for the others each day.

And considering the Photo Hunt theme for today is "Swanky", we think this butterfly sure is pretty swanky!

20 comments:

  1. Those are great shots of the butterfly. How exciting to watch it.

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  2. Lovely name Simba! We are from Barcelona, that's my black cat (XETI) blog:)
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  3. Oh, it's miraculous! I can't wait to see more.

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  4. VERY swanky and I am thrilled to see him. Loved the education here.

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  5. That's wonderful and looks soooo tasty. I mean beautiful.

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  6. Wow, he's beautiful! The "mackerel" function is one of the best you can use! Your mom did a great job capturing him!

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  7. Wow! Those are amazing photos! "Mackerel" works for both tabbies and great close ups! ;-)

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  8. Ohhhh soooo gorgeous and YES they are sure "Swanky!" YAY for CK!!!! She sure knows her stuff! These are beautiful!

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  9. That is a beautiful butterfly and very swanky indeed!

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  10. What gorgeous fotos of that flutterby! I'm so glad to have helped. TW used to use the Mackerel to take closeups of the flowers in her yard. Can't wait to see some other flutterbys.

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  11. OMC! That butterfly is so beautiful! Very swanky, indeed!

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  12. We can't believe it only took 10 days! That flutterby is beautiful!!

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  13. What a gorgeous fluttyby! Nature is amazing!

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  14. OMC. From caterpillar soup? That is hard to believe. Huh.

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  15. Oh those are so beautiful!! At first I thought you should nom them, but then I realized they're too bootiful to nom.

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  16. Wow, that was worth the wait. How exciting. Sorry I missed this the other day. Wonder if there are more. Great pictures. Good for you.

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  17. We took great comfort in the butterfly that visited us for two days and stayed close to Mom. She felt like Abby was sending her a sign and that make her smile and cry at the same time.

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  18. OOOH! You had the BEST Swanky of them ALL!

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  19. How exciting your first butterfly! Its so breathlessly beautiful!

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  20. Oh my goodness what beautiful pictures!!! The butterfly is spectacular :-)

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