Cloudless Surphur Butterfly Painting by kenne
post-monsoon season
butterflies are everywhere
green and yellow posts
— kenne
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Cloudless Surphur Butterfly Painting Leave a comment
Orange Sulphur Butterfly — The Brightside of Darkness 1 comment
Orange Sulphur Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Brightside of Darkness
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Leave a comment
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly — Images by kenne
my symbol of life
rests on a nearby flower
wings keep on moving
— kenne
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Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Art 1 comment
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Art — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Thou winged blossom, liberated thing,
What secret tie binds thee to other flowers,
Still held within the garden’s fostering?
Will they too soar with the completed hours,
Take flight, and be like thee
Irrevocably free,
Hovering at will o’er their parental bowers?
Or is thy luster drawn from heavenly hues,—
A sumptuous drifting fragment of the sky,
Caught when the sunset its last glance imbues
With sudden splendor, and the tree-tops high
Grasp that swift blazonry,
Then lend those tints to thee,
On thee to float a few short hours, and die?”
— from Ode to a Butterfly by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Mexican Yellow and American Snout Butterflies 4 comments
Mexican Yellow and American Snout Butterflies — Images by kenne
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Hackberry Emperor Butterfly Leave a comment
Hackberry Emperor Butterfly — Image by kenne
if not an expert
re-identification
can be difficult
— kenne
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Butterflies And Desert Flowers After Monsoon Rains 2 comments
Surphur Butterflies on Creosole Bush Blossoms In Sabino Canyon (July 27, 2021) — Images by kenne
The recent monsoon rains have greened up the canyon, bringing out a lot of butterflies.
Unfortunately, I only had my 18-70 mm lens, so trying to photograph
the mostly surphur butterflies became challenging.
— kenne
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Spread Your Wings 1 comment
Spread Your Wings (Two-tailed Swallowtail) — image by kenne
resting on a leaf
she spreads her beautiful wings
getting attention
— kenne
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Three Marine Blue Butterflies 1 comment
Three Marine Blue Butterfies On a Green-headed Coneflower (White Mountains) — Image by kenne
three is not a crowd
whole field of the present view
things which are before
— kenne
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Marine Blue 3 comments
Marine Blues On a Green-headed Coneflower — Image by kenne
More rain over night
More sweat in the morning walk
Fewer walkers out
— kenne
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Red Bordered Satye Butterfly Leave a comment
Red Bordered Satye Butterfly — Image by kenne
What are you doing?
Did you not hear the word no?
Too proud to answer?
— kenne
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Silver Spotted Skipper Leave a comment
Silver Spotted Skipper on Green-headed Coneflower (White Mountains, AZ) — Image by kenne
Wildflowers near the road
Attracting bees and butterflies
Shadows from tall pines
Passing rain clouds
Scatted drops hit the ground
Ravens on the wing
All’s right in the mountains.
— kenne
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Sagebrush Checkerspot and Marine Blue Leave a comment
Sagebrush Checkerspot and Marine Blue On a Green-headed Coneflower in the White Mountains — Image by kenne
Come up here with me
There’s plenty to go around
My little blue friend.
— kenne
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Sagebrush Checkerspot Butterfly 2 comments
Sagebrush Checkerspot Butterfly On Green-headed Coneflower (White Mountains) — Image by kenne
Nature in a drought
Struggles harness to surviveÂ
Still no broken hearts.
— kenne
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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly with Rough Edges Leave a comment
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly — Image by kenne
The edges are rough
Fluidity in motion
Good but not perfect.
— kenne
