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Pay Attention   5 comments

Fiery Skipper Butterfly — Image by kenne

A butterfly no bigger
than a thumbprint

arrives in the yard
carrying sunlight
on its shoulders.

It rests on a flower
as the earth whispers:

Pay attention.

Even the smallest flame
was sent
to remind you
how to live.

— kenne

Posted March 26, 2026 by kenneturner in Butterflies, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

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Fiery Skipper on Mexican Bird of Paradise   5 comments

Fiery Skipper on Mexican Bird of Paradise — Image by kenne

Gold flickers on gold—
skipper clings to burning bloom,
wings tight above the body.

Orange petals flare,
mirroring the desert heat,
each pulse a heartbeat.

In still summer light,
motion and color collide—
brief fire in the moment.

Posted August 4, 2025 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Tucson Arizona

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Fiery Skipper In The Mountains   4 comments

Fiery Skipper In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne

Golden wings flicker—

skipper dances on warm wind,

high in Catalina light.

 

Posted July 28, 2025 by kenneturner in Butterflies, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

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Butterflies   Leave a comment

Cloudless Giant Sulfur & Fiery Skipper Butterflies — Image by kenne

Love is like a butterfly:  It goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes. 

— Author Unknown

Posted May 15, 2024 by kenneturner in Butterflies, Information, Photography, Quote, Tucson Arizona

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Capturing The Moment — Butterflies In The Yard   9 comments

 

Variegated Fritillary On Mexican Bird of Paradise

Variegated Fritillary On Mexican Bird of Paradise

Fiery Skipper & Cloudless Giant Sulfur On Mexican Bird of Paradise

Variegated Fritillary On Mexican Bird of Paradise

Cloudless Giant Sulfur On Mexican Bird of Paradise

Cloudless Giant Sulfur On Mexican Bird of Paradise

Fiery Skipper On Mexican Bird of Paradise — Images by kenne

I’ve watched you now a full half-hour;
Self-poised upon that yellow flower
And, little Butterfly!  Indeed
I know not if you sleep or feed.
How motionless! – not frozen seas
More motionless! and then
What joy awaits you, when the breeze
Hath found you out among the trees,
And calls you forth again!

~William Wordsworth, “To a Butterfly”

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Posted August 26, 2012 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Nature, Photography, Poetry

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