There is an average life span of a butterfly - it is usually about one month. Thursday after work I came home to this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. BEAUTIFUL! 
A wonderful gift of beauty...for me to see! Thank you God, thank you. In that moment...I forgot all about my work day and how tired I felt. 
Did you know? Butterflies can see red, green and yellow.
The top butterfly flight speed is 12 mph.
Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86*
Many butterflies can taste with their feet.
There are estimated to be 24,000 species of butterflies. 
A dusting of SNOW in the Spring! Daffodils look up to the Sun for warmth from the cold, wet blanket that has covered them. And so many feathered friends have stopped by for breakfast-black oil sunflower seeds! 
Back from a recent trip to the Mahekal Resort in Playa del Carmen, located on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico...READ more here about this Caribbean get-away in my article on 
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