Garden Pic Wednesday: Monarch Butterfly on Zinnia

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I managed to mow today the front and part of the side while it was overcast, but not raining yet. Only part of the side because the grass is going to see there and I want to let it. It was muggy, but not as hot.

Today's Garden Pic is a Monarch Butterfly visiting a Zinnia earlier in June.



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