Yesterday afternoon I took Charlie to the park in Edinburg. After
a short walk, I wanted to take pictures of the rhododendrons near the
pool. Charlie became focused on something under the branches and as soon as I got a picture composed, he pulled on the leash.
After a few failed attempts, I was able to get decent pictures of the pink blossoms.
Then a butterfly showed up! Again I struggled to get a clear photo, but between the dog pulling on his leash and the screen on the iPhone being overly sensitive, I failed and the butterfly flew off. (It seems like the phone switches modes if I so much as breathe!)
Then the tiger swallowtail returned. I pointed the phone at it and accidentally switched on “portrait” mode. That’s why the picture has a black background. I could’ve modified it in editing, but I decided to keep it.
By the time I corrected the setting on my phone, but butterfly disappeared again.
As you can see, some of the leaves look stressed. This could be from the prolonged drought or from the sudden frost, or both.
When I reviewed the pictures, I saw a blue abstract that I did not recognize. It must have been taken as I pulled the phone out out of my pocket. My pants have a knit pattern in these colors. They’re some of my favorite colors so I didn’t delete the picture.
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