Tiny Things

I was following a lovely black butterfly this morning, but I was being followed by the terrible two - aka: the puppies, who managed to scare off the butterfly before I could get a good photo. I did get one photo of it, but you'll not see it here because of the icky background. It seems butterflies like to get moisture sometimes from - are you ready? - dog poop. A lovely butterfly sitting on dog poop just doesn't have the appeal that flower backgrounds do.....


So I wandered into the front yard where I found a couple of Horace's Dusky-wings feasting on the lantana. Not a big, spectacular butterfly, but lovely in it's own right.

I found this pinkish red, small mushroom on the morning walk. It must be poisonous or gross in some way because the dogs simply look at it and keep going. My dogs LOVE to eat mushrooms and snack on quite a variety, but they are picky. I think this is one called Boletus frosti and is indeed, thought to be poisonous.