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Seryozha Krysti had a wonderful encounter with this same species of butterfly at her Sea Ranch garden. She wrote, “I have had a record population of butterflies and dragonflies this year and this morning I wanted to share this picture of a CA Sister Butterfly who landed on my hand as I was watering my yard.

"She stayed long enough for me to photograph from my phone. Her beauty and perfection were truly awe-inspiring!” Oh, to have a butterfly land on your hand, how wonderful is that?

Grace O'Malley also spotted one of these butterflies, down at Fort Ross. She wrote, “I attended the Harvest Festival at Fort Ross State Park. In the historic orchard - some trees were planted over 100 year ago - I spotted this large, fluttering, California Sister Butterfly resting on an apple tree branch.”

Thanks to Seryozha and Grace for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Today would be a good day to see butterflies as it is very warm. Too warm!

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Every so often in the winter the fog will come onshore. Paul Kozal was near Fort Ross Historical State Park when he came across this pretty picture.

Fog at Fort Ross by Paul Kozal

You can see the green hills. The rain we had on Sunday and a little more this morning will only help keep them green. Wildflowers will be amazing soon.

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his beautiful photo. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is his website: http://www.paulkozal.com/