HOW pretty! It reminds me of my Grandpa's... we took a *tiny* Mimosa tree up to him one summer. It's now HUGE and a "butterfly-magnet." It's so neat to just look up and see swarms and swarms of such gentle creatures, sipping away on the fragrant blossoms.

We raised painted-lady butterflies one year in grade-school science. Since then, I've always had a special affinity for those guys.

Here in NM, we don't get very many BIG butterflies. We have cute tiny white ones, though! If the batteries in my camera weren't dead, I'd try to get a few pics.