“And Then There Were Butterflies”

August 10, 2021August 20, 2022 / Donna Robinson Photography / 2 Comments

I’ve learned over the past few summers, that butterflies and hummingbirds go hand in hand. I don’t know if there is science behind it, but I do know butterflies are a sure sign the hummingbirds will be right by their side.

And so it happened the other day, this beautiful eastern tiger swallowtail made its appearance! Just as we were sitting down on our deck, Michael turned around and pointed to the smaller butterfly tree and there this little guy was.

Bashful at first, he floated his way over to the larger tree and gave me a beautiful show. And, the hummingbirds?? We have two (2) this year and they are all over the feeders, the tree and other plants. I even saw one this morning, next to a butterfly!

I think I have a new challenge! Capturing a hummingbird and butterfly together!

Stay tuned!

~Donna

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Don’t Be Normal…..

April 1, 2021August 20, 2022 / Donna Robinson Photography / 2 Comments

“If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.” ~Maya Angelou

How many times do we try to live a “normal” life as defined by society or social media? What will you do today to take a bold step and show how amazing you are as an individual?

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“Happiness is a Butterfly”

October 19, 2018 / Donna Robinson Photography / 6 Comments

My garden is starting to look a little ragged. Some of my knock-out roses were hit by aphids this year, the birds, squirrels and chipmunks have made a complete mess with their seed droppings and my little bicycle planter is bare. Despite it all, however, the butterflies still find my garden pretty enough to feed on.

We seem to have had quite a few more of them this year and I couldn’t help myself the other night when I saw several of them hovering over one of my butterfly plants. At one point there were 4 or 5, but by the time I made it out with my cameras (plural because they were just too beautiful not to go back for the macro lens), there were only these three (3) beauties hovering around.

For as still as I tried to be, it was pretty difficult trying to capture them together. I finally settled on following this little guy around.

I never realized how long their “stingers” were for drinking the nectar out of the flowers. If you look closely in the photo below you can follow his arched stinger to the flower bud.