Beautiful Summer Sightings

There have been so many butterflies visiting my yard today! I've seen Yellow Swallowtails, like in the picture, these really gorgeous black and blue ones that I can't remember the name of, Monarchs, those little white and yellow guys - so much activity in butterfly world! I guess that they like some of my flowers better now that I've gotten a few of the weeds out of the way! Summer may be coming to a close but as long as we have these hotter than hot temps and sunny days, I think my little winged friends will stick around. I sure hope so!

Swallowtail visiting purple coneflowers & black-eyed susans