A World of Rare Treasure

Today I thought I would share some of the gorgeous pictures of some rare and beautiful flowers and wildlife sent to me by different friends via e-mails. First is the Glass Wing Butterfly...............




It's wings are transparent thus giving it the name....Glass Wing

This Butterfly is found throughout the Central America to Mexico range....

It seems butterflies are becoming scarce. We have many butterfly attracting flowers in our yard but have only seen two or three all season.

Next is the Parrot Flower from Thailand...........

When these pictures surfaced on the Internet, they were so unbelievable that Snopes checked it out!

I could hardly believe it myself

How lucky are these girls to be witness to an entire bush of them?

I don't know the name of this bird or who sent me the picture but this is an awesome species!

UPDATE : Vicki Lane commented that this was an egret, so I looked it up. It is indeed an Egret, the Egreta Alba and it shows these plumes during breeding season!

My friend Maggie Stone sent me this picture of the Gold Digger Orchid

And this one of the Alligator Fern found in the Amazon Rain Forest...................

How sweet is this? A mother Black Bear in Wisconsin with a white cub?

Snopes checked these out too and found they were authentic!

I want to thank everyone for your comments and e-mails this past week! I don't know when I have ever had such a busy, sad, and hectic week. I read all the comments, tried to read as many of your blogs and comment as time would allow, but between canning, cleaning, book signings to attend and funerals, I've had a full week! I hope to get to everyone soon and answer those e-mails too! Have a great Sunday and a great week ahead!