Butterfly surprise

It's been quite warm here in Eastern North Carolina and today it will hit 90 degrees. I was watering my plants and flowers in the back yard this morning because everything looked so dry and stressed when, to my surprise....

this beautiful Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly fluttered around me and landed on the red geranium ~

ah! it just lifted my spirits!

There haven't been very many butterflies this year, (not like other years)

so it was the most lovely surprise.