Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly On Mexican Bird of Paradise — Image by kenne
“There is nothing in a caterpillar
that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.”
— Buckminster Fuller
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly 2 comments
Painted Lady Butterfly Leave a comment
Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne
Even More Than Hope: Painted Lady Butterflies
Like spirits, they will dart across our path
in drifts, and zig-zag past our cheeks and hands
just out of reach, and whirling toward a land
far north of us, by predetermined math.
It seems a miracle, winged migration—
almost as hard to fathom as moon flight.
What tiny compass guides them day and night
in rivers of raw determination?
Their journey symbolizes more than hope:
They breathe into each moment the belief
that happiness as real and bright as wings
is just ahead … and therefore we can cope,
and fill heavy hearts with newfound lightness,
and bathe a moment more in their brightness.
— Sally Sandler
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Marine Blue Butterfly on Meyer Lemon Leaf — Image by kenne
The Marine Blue or Striped Blue (Leptotes marina) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.
It is found from South America through Mexico to Southern Texas, Arizona, and California.
— Source: inaturalist.org
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American Snout Butterfly — Image by kenne
“A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe,
helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around him.”
—Dylan Thomas
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Painted Lady Butterffly — Image by kenne
A bright afternoon
no vultures circling
only butterflies
landing briefly
as if to change
the decision to land
yellows and reds
muscling their way
through leaves of green.
— kenne
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Empress Leilia Butterfly — Image by kenne
Colors of butterfly images
depend heavily on lighting
and angle of the sunlight,
which can make identification
a challenge for novice
butterfly watchers.
— kenne
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Orange Sulpher Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.”
— Rita Mae Brown
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American Snout Butterfly 1 comment
American Snout Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future?
Because there is nowhere else to look.”
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Duskywing Butterfly — No Words 1 comment
Duskywing Butterfly — Image by kenne
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Butterfly On Wooden Boat — HDR Image by kenne
I dreamed I was a butterfly,
flitting around in the sky; then I awoke.
Now I wonder: Am I a man
who dreamt of being a butterfly,
or am I a butterfly
dreaming that I am a man?
— Chuang Tzu
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Funereal Duskywing Butterfly 2 comments
Funereal Duskywing Butterfly (Sabino Canyon, October 28, 2021) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings
come wrapped in the quietest of moments.”
— Stephen Crane
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American Snout In Black and White Leave a comment
American Snout In Black and White — Image by kenne
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Monarch Butterflies — Their Beauty Doesn’t Need Words 3 comments
Monarch Butterflies — Their Beauty Doesn’t Need Words (October 3, 2021) — Images by kenne
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American Snout, Spring Azure, and Two Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies on a Mexican Bird of Paradice — Image by kenne
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Mexican Yellow Butterfly Art Leave a comment
Mexican Yellow Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Butterflies are nature’s angels.
They remind us what a gift it is to be alive.
Robyn Nola
