“He has made everything beautiful in its time …” Ecclesiastes 3:11
Beauty
butterfly
Spicebush Swallowtail
One morning last week, a beautiful swallowtail was mud-puddling in our back yard. I couldn’t help but grab the camera and take a few shots. 🙂
“We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.” – William Hazlett
Among the blackberry blossoms
“You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.” ~Will Rogers
Cramer’s Silver-drop Skipper
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly.” ~Richard Bach
Orange Sulphur butterfly
“The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower a tethered butterfly.” ~Ponce Denis Ecouchard Le Brun
Monarch butterfly and goldenrod
“Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.” ~Max Ehrmann
Painted lady butterfly
“Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.” ~Danny Kaye
A skipper on tall-growing sedums
When I was growing up, my Grandmother had one of these plants in her front garden. We used to pull off a leaf, press it with our fingers until the “skin” separated from the fleshly center, tear the stem end off the leaf, and gently blow into it. It was fun to watch the leaf puff up like a “frog belly”. This was a simple way to entertain yourself on a hot summer afternoon. 🙂
Tiger Swallowtail
“Divine creation can be seen painted on the canvas of a butterfly’s wing.” ~ K. D’Angelo
Zabulon Skipper on a butterfly bush
walking on a country road 