– Here’s a photo post to wish you a happy and sunny weekend –
Butterflies and lizards pictured in Aruba
These blue butterflies clapped their wings so fast, they were hard to capture on camera
They wouldn’t stay still
That flower was attracting both
Are those the butterfly’s eyes?
Getting closer would have been hard, as they were quick to move on
Meanwhile, the lizards had no problems staying still
Soaking in the sun (spot the lizard!)
A rare still moment
Cocoons
I took the butterfly photos in this post at the lovely Butterfly Farm located between Eagle and Palm Beach.
If you’re heading to Aruba, I warmly recommend a visit there! Our visit was in 2012.
32 replies on “Barely There”
I don’t know why, but that photo of the lizards makes me giggle.
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Maybe it’s because they look so proud and pensive? Like they’re contemplating Socrates 🙂
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very nice photos!
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Thanks! 🙂 I’ve been admiring your Argentina pictures! It seems I had a very similar itinerary, I was there last Nov-Dec 🙂
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🙂
Some of my pictures are from 5 years ago, but the others from last December, maybe we met somewhere 😉
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Haha! Maybe we did!!
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Such beautiful, exotic-looking butterflies. All we seem to have around here this year are cabbage-whites. I’ve hardly seen any of our usual peacocks and red admirals. (I’m blaming it on the weather! lol) The lizards are very cute, too. Lovely photos.
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Thanks 🙂 Butterflies always capture my attention, they’re just so pretty. I haven’t seen many around here this year, either, but then again I live in the city so that might explain it… 🙂
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We usually have a lot of different ones around our garden (we live in the countryside) but I’m really disappointed in how few we’ve seen this year. Perhaps it was the cold spring and very late start to summer this year. Who knows. I just hope we have them back next year. 🙂
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I hope so, too! 🙂 (PS. I keep hearing the English countryside is beautiful, would love to visit. Really enjoy your travel posts, too! So much history to see, as well as green scenery. Maybe one day!)
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Well, if ever we manage to boot out our two ‘children’ who keep bouncing back (!) we have a 4-bedroomed house. You’d be very welcome to a room for a holiday – which cuts down on hotel bills! Right now, Nick and I are thinking of changing the locks…
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Hahah, isn’t it good that they keep coming back! 🙂 Thanks, Millie, will have to do a tour over there one year, rent a car maybe. It would be a different kind of holiday from what I’ve done lately! Would love to go up to Scotland, too!
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Scotland is awesome! I’ve been a few times and would like to go again. Next year, maybe.
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gorgeous! I love the Blue butterfly with the banana and the butterfly eyes shot!
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Thanks! 😀 The blue ones were actually pretty huge, too!
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If only we could get your butterflies and to pose nicely together!
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Did you mean pose with the rhino?? :)) That would make for a great photo!! Hmm.
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yes, actually have the image of a Rhino baring her but as saying “do you like my butterfly tattoo?”
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😀
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I don’t have the patience for insect photos – that’s why I am amazed my daughter was able to catch the bees in her photos I posted today. Lovely photos, I wish we had butterflies flitting around the garden. Have a wonderful day and greta week.
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Thanks! You too! And it’s true, insect photos take a lot of clicking away to get a good one! They’re just so fidgety 😉
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Beautiful butterflies. I have not been to Aruba, maybe someday. We have had a very hot and dry summer here and with it came lots of Western Swallowtail butterflies. I love to watch them flit from flower to flower and bask in the sun.
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I googled that butterfly – pretty! 🙂 They somehow create a kind of magical feeling, don’t they?! Here, it’s been a rainy, cold summer… the opposite from yours!
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The entire West Coast has been sizzling since early spring. I have some milkweed growing with which I hope to attract Monarch butterflies. They used to be common, but I haven’t seen one in many years. Not sure why, but pesticides and climate change could play a role I think. We sure could use some of your rain around here!
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Awesome shot of the butterfly where the wings are moving but the head is crisp and clear. Lovely! Wishing you a happy weekend as well!
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Thank you so much, Inger! 🙂
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Wow! So many cocoons! Great captures. 🙂
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Thanks! I thought the cocoons looked interesting… Exotic and slightly eerie even 🙂 Hanging there in rows
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Very eerie indeed. 😯
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Really beautiful and different photos! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for visiting 😉
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sure
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