Monarch Butterfly Blessings

 “You never know where a blessing can come from.”

 – Teena Marie

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Monarch Butterfly Flyover

 “Every act of kindness spreads peace to the world, 

love to the heart, light to us all.” 

― Mary Davis

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Stay Close To Nature - Monarch Butterfly in Ironweed

 "Study nature, love nature, 

stay close to nature."

- Frank Lloyd Wright 

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Always Thankful For The Monarch

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Monarch in Flight over the Butterfly Bush

“Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.”

~ Kahlil Gibran

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Monarch Butterfly - Ethereal Beauty

"Every day is a day to be thankful. 

Life's abundance has no limit, 

and gratitude is what keeps 

that abundance flowing. 

In every circumstance there is something 

for which to be thankful. 

Even when there seems to be nothing else, 

there is hope." 

 ~ Ralph Marston

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Monarch Butterfly - Amazing Wings

"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." 

 ~ E.B White

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Monarch in the Mist

To look at any thing, 

If you would know that thing, 

 You must look at it long... 

 John Moffitt

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Monarch Butterfly on Thistle

“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.” 

― Roy T. Bennett

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Monarch Magnificence

To lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

 ― John Lubbock

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Monarch Butterfly - Beautiful Moments

Beautiful moments spent with a Monarch Butterfly

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Monarch Butterfly Magic

Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.  

- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.



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Monarch Butterfly

Where there is great love, there are always miracles. 

 ― Willa Cather

I hope you enjoy this Monarch Butterfly that I shot at the Hahn Horticulture Garden.

They are "little miracles" to me :) 

Monarch Butterfly in Joe-Pye Weed

You learn something every day if you pay attention. 

~ Ray LeBlond

Wikipedia tells me this about the Joe-Pye Weed:

 Joe Pye (Jopi in the Native tongue), an Indian healer from New England used E. purpureum to treat a variety of ailments, which led to the name Joe-Pye weed for these plants.  Folklore says that Joe Pye used this plant to cure fevers. Folklore also states that American colonists used this plant to treat typhus outbreaks.


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Monarch Butterfly On the Goldenrod

We are stardust, 
we are golden and we've got to 
get ourselves back to the garden.

 — Joni Mitchell

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Monarch Butterfly

"...the naturalist finds his pleasures everywhere. Every solitude to him is peopled. Every morning or evening walk yields him a harvest to eye or ear." 

- John Burroughs

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Walking with Butterflies

Monarch Butterfly 

Remember that nature is your great restorer. 

~ Calvin Coolidge

The Hahn Horticulture Garden at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg has a lovely meadow of flowers at the very bottom.....and of course, beautiful butterflies!

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No Expiration Date

The greatest thing about dreams is they don’t expire. They can lay dormant for years and when you pull them out and dust them off, they shine like new.

 ― Casi McLean

Happiness Is A Gift

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

 ― Charles Dickens

Meeting at the Milkweed

Life is so endlessly delicious.

~ Ruth Reichl