Red spotted purple Admiral butterfly
Interior wing colour
Exterior wing colour
A rather grumpy looking male Cardinal
Sweet Merfy with sunset light on him (in dad's arms).
He was very tired at the end of his day on the beach.
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Fantastic shots. The cardinal is spectacular and I love the little pooch
ReplyDeleteWow, spectacular photos Karen! Your little Merfy stole my heart, and the lighting, perfection :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful butterflies and birds as always. Your pictures are so bright and beautiful. Murfee definitely looks like he's pretty much all 'beached-out', but even exhausted he is the cutest thing ever!
ReplyDeleteI love the purple wing admiral. Can´t remember I´ve seen it before. :)
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Either side of the butterfly is exquisite. Love the Pooch. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, every one, including wee Merfy. Hugs,Jean
ReplyDeleteThe photos are the best, especially the Red Spotted Purple Admiral, shining bright images.
ReplyDeleteHello Karen, beautiful butterflies.. Cute shot of the grumpy Cardinal..And I love your sweet Merfy, what a cutie! Thank you for linking up, have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteAs we get closer to winter you still have lots of colourful creatures to photograph. Keep on clicking.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images. I love the way you caught the setting sun on Merfy's face. Have a great weekend. Jo
ReplyDeleteThose butterflies are particularly beautiful pictures Karen.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots and I LOVE Merfy!
ReplyDeleteKaren, that butterfly is a real corker. Great shots as always.
ReplyDeletebeautiful butterfly! and sweet merfy! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous colors on that butterfly! I think Mr. Cardinal is always grumpy! Cute little Merfy -- what a sweetie he is!
ReplyDeleteNice butterfly shots!
ReplyDeleteThe butterfly shots are gorgeous! Merfy is a cutie.
ReplyDeleteGreat butterflies and cardinal and the puppy is so cute!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos! The butterfly is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteEach photo a delight! Merfy is VERY cute.
ReplyDeleteWonderful images especially the pup...
ReplyDeleteCardinal is grumpy because you got his pic. (At least that's me, projecting...they try so hard to keep me from getting good ones.)
ReplyDeleteI like those Red-Spotted Purples. I rarely see the underside of their wings.
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The butterfly is just amazing, Karen, and I miss seeing the birds around here.
ReplyDeleteMerfy is adorable and looks tired indeed.
Awwwwwwwww, tremendous amount of goodies for us today. That Merfy stole the show...sweetness, pure sweetness.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful butterflies and extraordinary cardinal.
Thanks for linking up this weekend at I'd Rather B Birdin'.
Love the pics, Karen!
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beautiful clicks.
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Wonderful pictures Karen, I never imagined the inside of the butterfly wings to be any different of a colour than the outside, I've learned something today. Cardinals always look grumpy to me. I've had to put a # verification on one of my blogs as I was getting so much spam. thanks
ReplyDeleteLoved the butterfly shot, nice cardinal too ...but Merfy's photo stole my heart !
ReplyDeleteI can't decide whether the butterfly or the dog is my favorite. Beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteAwww, Merfy does look exhausted. Those eyes look like they were ready to close. The cardinal does look grumpy. I guess birds do have bad days too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful butterfly shots, Karen. Little Merfy is so cute and the light is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteKaren, these are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI especially love the one of Merfy. :-)
Such a precious little one.
I love the purple-winged Admiral, the pattern seems to glow and scintillate. They don't live out here on the west coast so I'm glad to see yours. The dog looks cute all tuckered out, and the Cardinal would be a welcome sight, so pretty.
ReplyDeleteKaren, these are spectacular!! Especially those butterflies, they are just WoW!! Little Murf is just too cute!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos !
ReplyDeleteHi Karen,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! Thanks for being so faithful to Blue Monday, and for sharing your blue.
Happy Blue Monday!
Beautiful photos and interesting butterfy!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shots of the Red Admiral. Love the one where his proboscis is curled. Beautiful light bathing Merfy.
ReplyDeleteStunningly beautiful photography Karen! Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)
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