Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 24, 2022

Flutter by butterfly.

What astounds me is that with those giant sails strapped on, they STILL can manage to get around in even a quite brisk wind.

I once watched a butterfly flutter up to within 6 inches of a two-story building. It hovered there a brief while, then levitated straight up until it cleared the roof-line so it could continue to wherever it was heading before the building got in the way.

Butterflies on (and in?) her mind.

Likely to be fewer to watch in some areas due to the wildfires along the north/south routes in western US, and the destruction of habitat on their breeding grounds.

Frazz & Wallace & their butterflies. They’re a good reset in ones day.

Saw a nature documentary awhile back that mentioned that the erratic path of a butterfly makes them harder for birds to catch.

Years ago I had a desk by the window on the 17th floor. I enjoyed watching the occasional butterfly heading South for the winter. Heading for the last of its life. They knew where they were going and how to get there. Nature is marvelous; too often we take it for granted.

‘Sails" being the operative term. Wind powered boats can go upwind too.

The young lady (I gather it’s three images of the same girl . . . ?) has a point. If there ever was a creature ill-adapted for migrating anywhere, a butterfly would be the ideal candidate.

We call them “blunderflies.”

Clever non-use of word balloons to nonetheless convey who was speaking.

I was sitting in my backyard one early summer day, when I saw a few butterflies sail over my back fence, dip low over the pool, and then rise again to fly over the house. Within half hour, there must have been a half million painted lady butterflies behind those first few, all massed together in tight, purposeful formation. The butterfly migration through my community continued for the next 7-10 days, but nothing like that original mass that I was so lucky to have briefly hosted in my own backyard.

Watch a bird try to get a butterfly.