Our butterfly bushes are finally starting to attract butterflies. Well, at least this monarch that allowed me to snap lots of photos while it worked its way around the bush.

I took a walk in the bosque and on the river this afternoon. One portion of the river bed that gets intermittent flow is covered with little cottonwoods. I have never seen so many cottonwood saplings on the river before. I wonder if they like the ash that washed down from the Jemez?