tomatoes, at long last

We had very cool nights for the first part of our summer and it took quite awhile for the tomatoes to set and ripen.  They were worth the wait.  These Roma's are especially good.

Something I've never experienced happened with the sweet cherry 100's this year.  Just look at the preponderance of blossoms!  Very few of them actually set fruit.  I need to start trimming the excess away so that the tomatoes we have will ripen.  Strange year.

And one more unusual thing happened Sunday afternoon.  The largest butterfly I've ever seen spent some time among the flowers in our garden.  It was the size of a small bird, with a wingspan of 6-8".  It was quite busy and ignored me even when I got very close.

Here's a small clip of the butterfly.  I could feel the air movement as it beat its wings.  The coloring was mostly yellow with black and saffire and flame at the bottom.  So beautiful.