It was a morning and afternoon of underwater blues and shape-shifting clouds.
For some reason I was up early this morning, and thought I had my PaD in the bag before 8 a.m.
Click here for my almost-ran PaD: Morning Dew
(Making up my mind is harder than taking pictures.)

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Then in the evening, the sun came out.
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To see the other pictures of the Painted Lady, go here: http://www.pbase.com/corvidae/butterflies_painted_lady
Some of these are shot much closer than this one. I was practically right on top of it in some later shots; in fact I had to back the lens off a couple of times because it kept walking into it. Maybe it was just admiring its gorgeous reflection...