Butterfly Friends

 "A friend accepts us as we are 

 yet helps us to be what we should."

   ~ Unknown

Painted Lady Butterfly and Black Swallowtail Butterfly 

Nature Brings Solace

 "And I firmly believe that nature brings solace 

in all troubles." 

- Anne Frank

Fill Your Cup with Sunshine and Laughter

Black Swallowtail Butterfly  

"Today, fill your cup of life 

with sunshine and laughter." 

-Dodinsky

Thistle Visitor - Black Swallowtail Butterfly

 “Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.” 

— Mr. Rogers

Print Available - HERE 

Egg-Laying Butterfly

 Earlier in June I watched this Black Swallowtail Butterfly

(I think that is correct - but please correct me if I am wrong)

laying her eggs on what I think is fennel.

This Print Available - HERE 

I was fortunate to be able to capture an image

of her laying one of her eggs.  This was such

an amazing sight to see!

This Print Available - HERE 

Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Clover

"Every day you are alive is a special occasion. 

Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God." 

 ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

Print Available - HERE 

Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Thistle

“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.” 

 ― Henry David Thoreau

Print Available - HERE 

Rendezvous with a Butterfly

If I had my life to live over, I'd have fewer meetings and more rendezvous. 

~ Robert Brault

Chase Your Dreams

Chase your dreams until you catch them...and then dream, catch, and dream again!  

~ Dee Marie

Print Available - HERE 

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. 
~ Eleonora Duse