Archive for the ‘Viceroy Butterfly’ Category
“Night Glow” Computer Art by kenne
Hot Sierra morning.
Brenda working in another room.
Rumble of heavy equipment in the meadow,
bird squall. Steller’s jay, and then
the piercing three-note whistle of a robin.
They’re mating now. Otherwise they’re mute.
Mother-ing. Or Mother-song.
Mother-song-song-song.
— from My Mother’s Nipples by Robert Hass
Viceroy Butterfly on Paper, Grunge Art — Image by kenne
There is no end, but addition: the trailing
Consequence of further days and hours,
While emotion takes to itself the emotionless
Years of living among the breakage
Of what was believed in as the most reliable –
And therefore the fittest for renunciation.
— from The Dry Salvages by T.S. Eloit
Viceroy Butterfly on Buttonbush — Images by kenne
I went for a walk in Sabino Canyon early this morning to check out the Sabino creek flow over the dam. Above the dam near the creek I found a lot of buttonbush in bloom, with a lot of insects swarming over the flowers. One of the many insects was this beautiful viceroy butterfly.
With all the insect interest, I can see why another common name is “honey-bells.” They may be honey to insects, but this plant contains the poison CEPHALATHIN. Cephalathin will induce vomiting, paralysis, and convulsions if ingested.
kenne
“Night Glow” Computer Art by kenne
