It's flutterby season here in Kentucky! Apparently it's also monsoon season. Mentioned in my last post that we had rain a comin' and it damn sure made its way here.
Louisville managed to dodge the worst of it, but southeastern Kentucky wasn't so lucky. My hometown didn't get flooded this time but everything east of it did, with some areas seeing up to 9 inches (23cm) of rain in 12 hours. With all that water heading downstream and more rain a coming my hometown isn't out of the woods yet either.
Since the news is no fun it seemed to call for some photos that were. The zinnias and black eyed susans are loving this rain, which seems to make the bees and flutterbys happy.
We've even had goldfinches and hummingbirds stop by for a snack but they seem to be camera shy. The goldfinches actually land on the zinnia stalks and peck at the center of the flower while the hummingbirds do it at a hover. Now if only they will do that while I'm out with my camera...
The monarchs should be starting to flutter by soon but so far it's just been black swallowtail and eastern tiger swallowtail.
Now if only this rain would flutter on by and be done with us...