FurBabies by Nancy Beiman for March 19, 2025

Nectar filled.

Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.

Reminds me so much of Dante, the now 9 years old Lab mix. He likes to gaze at birds. Our first dog, Snoopy a Sprocker Spaniel (a truly gorgeous black and white sports Spaniel) loved chasing butterflies, when he was a puppy he’d chase the shadows and pounce on them as if trying to catch them. He also would “hunt” birds and jump like a spring to greet you. The rest of the time he would go “British”: sit outside in the shadow exactly like one of those old marvel lion statues and move only his head to gaze and get back in pose. Quite a “gentleman’s dog”.

If there’s nectar, it could be a drinks bar.

I’ve got a milkweed “snack bar” just outside my bedroom window. Monarchs and other butterflies have been frequenting it every summer for at least the past 45 years, and probably a lot longer, since it was already here when I first moved onto this property.

Little Sirius enjoying sweet smells and meeting butterflies for the first time-so sweet, so simple. What a lovely comic.

So peaceful and nice!

Butterflies are down a notch in my book when I saw them land on something else once!

Leave some for the Bees!

There’s plenty of nectar in those hyacinths to go around, as long as Kate doesn’t pick them all.

Slightly outa season but heck, it’s a comic! And so sweet!

A butterfly buffet!