It's a beautiful day outside right now- especially for St. Louis in August. The sun is shining, there's a nice breeze, and it isn't too hot. So I decided to stand outside in the backyard with my dogs while they did things dogs do. I noticed that there were a bunch of birds and butterflies around today so I went inside and grabbed my digital camera because I saw one butterfly sucking nectar out of a flower right in front of me.

The butterfly didn't seem to mind me being there and I was able to take some pictures of it.