Lin I love this photo. The blooms are beautiful, but the butterfly makes me smile. I didn't know that there was a long tailed Skipper.
The Skipper was my favorite butterfly when I was a child. Thank you for the wonderful photo.

Wow, wow, wow! Skippers are so cool.
Thanks for sharing.

Lynn, the blooms of this Hoya are very tiny but just one tiny bloom produces such amazing fragrance!

We have a few different Skippers here and they aren't as pretty as the butterflies but they are interesting to watch as they flit about the garden. Most of the Skipper's I see are dull brown in color but the Long-tailed Skipper is kind of pretty with it's blue/green coloration:

Thanks Brian ... they are interesting little critters!

The third photo makes me think of a bird. : )