His first short flight took him to my foot. After a few minutes I slipped my foot out of my sneaker willing to leave him with it for a few hours to rest. Then he flew off to the highest branch of a tree by our shed and rested there instead. I guess you could say I gave him the boot, lol!
100 Country Trek 
When we first moved to our current home in 2004, the fields were often full of these. Nowadays, they are a rare sight. 😦
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Wow that’s amazing there were so many years ago. We saw a few today walking towards the beach..but they fly away fast.
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Awesome shot haha. These butterflies are so iconic and are very beautiful — this one heard about your blog and wanted to subscribe 😂😂
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Beautiful butterfly, and you’re so lucky to have gotten the photo! 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thanks .
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What amazing photos Anita, they always curl their wings up too fast for me!
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Thanks ..She is a quick little flyer.
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Even on burst mode I seem to have limited success with butterflies Anita.
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Sometimes they off fast. Lucky I had my camera taking photos of flowers. Ha!
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Yes..happy she arrived 😍
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Yes she wanted to be with me.
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Ha ha! Nice story.
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Wow!
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Happy she arrived.
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So lucky! Amazing pic!
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Lucky she appeared.
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Aw … that’s “bootiful.”
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Ha! 🤣
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