My friend Paul has two cats. This is the female. Unfortunately, I don’t remember her name. There’s also a male, but I didn’t like the pictures I took of him too much.

I was walking the dog past a neighboring garden when I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. Inside the garden was a grid and from time to time a small head would pop out: a chipmunk. Up it would pop. Then it would get nervous and disappear for a while. It repeated this process for quite some time. Regrettably the only camera I had with me was my iphone and I couldn’t get anywhere near enough to take a decent picture. Nonetheless I snapped away and came up with something, which (after very severe cropping) I felt I could share with my wife and grandkids.

A few days later I passed by this garden again and sure enough there was the chipmunk going through the same routine as before. This time I was better prepared and had a more sophisticated camera with me. Patience has its rewards. Not a great picture, but kinda cute.

I came across this pair of butterflies on a nearby beach – Moon Beach. At first I thought that they were Monarch butterflies and described them as such in a post on Facebook. I was politely informed that they are not in fact monarchs. So I replied: “I’ve been told in a comment that these are NOT monarch butterflies. Shows how much I know about butterflies. Anyone know what kind of butterfly they are”. Back came the response that they are Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. You live and learn!