A new friend of mine

I love Concerts on The Square.
I think most big cities have some form of this event. And maybe even all state capitals.
So I'm not saying it's unique to Madison, but gosh darnit, I'm going to let myself continue to think that Madisons Concerts on the Square is still special amongst them.

We got there around 3:30, spread our blanket on the ground. Off to the side a bit, not right in the "prime real estate" in front of the orchestra. But hell, you can hear the music all the way around the capitol anyway.

We went to get a couple low to the ground style lawn chairs and something to eat - and I took the picture you see up above. I've taken that picture a hundred times. But I can't resist trying again and again every time I walk by. I've got a feeling it's one of those scenes that causes people to instinctively reach for their cameras. Especially in later afternoon on to sunset.


We got our food, settled in on our new chairs (I left the tags on mine because that's what all the cool kids are doing these days). We got some new books from our favorite State Street book store - A Room of One's Own - and I took mine out and started reading.

And that's when I met my new friend.



See her there up on top of the book (okay... graphic novel. no..... not comic book. graphic novel. sheesh)

I don't think she was any sort of exotic butterfly... and maybe she didn't have the brightest colours in the butterfly encyclopedia...

But she sat there on my book for a while. I finished the page, waited a little bit, and then slowly turned to the next page.

She - I never did get her name - fluttered up, caught a light breeze, and then spiraled back down onto my book just in time for the next page.

She kept doing that over and over.

And you know what the best part was?

Check out the title of the book.