This is certainly the last thing I expected to see going on in my backyard in the middle of December, but go figure. Gulf Fritillaries, doing their thing.

Sometimes the outer wings would open, revealing the brilliant orange of that butterfly’s upperside.

I wish the camera could have captured the full beauty of the metallic sheen on their underwings, but some of the lustre was lost in the image. Still, wow.

 The features on this butterfly give it such personality!

I didn’t tell the butterflies that it’s just about winter here. They didn’t seem to care.