Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

 “Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.” 

― Robin Hobb

Sunshine, Freedom and a Little Flower - Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

 "Just living is not enough. 

One must have sunshine, 

freedom, and a little flower." 

- Hans Christian Andersen 

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A Sense of Wonder

"Always take time to smell the flowers, 

and let it fill you with beauty, 

and rediscover that sense of wonder." 

- Louis Schwartzberg

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

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Red-spotted Purple Butterfly on Multiflora Rose

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"A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way." 

~ Noah Benshea

Wings of Wonder - Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

"A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way. "

~ Noah Benshea

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Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

The butterfly counts not months but moments, 

and has time enough.

 ― Rabindranath Tagore

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3 Butterfly Macros

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly 

Cabbage White Butterfly 

Updated:  This may be a Pearl Crescent :)
Thanks for the ID help!! 

The things that make me different are the things that make me ME. 

 — A.A. Milne

Sharing with I Heart Macro 

Awake I Dream

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly - Heritage Park - Blacksburg, VA

More Red-spotted Purple Butterflies - HERE 

Blue Velvet

The way lies in softness and patience, as the softest water cuts through the hardest rock. 

~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Unfold Your Own Myth

Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others.  Unfold your own myth.

~ Rumi

The Original Image of this Red-spotted Purple Butterfly is - HERE

Linking with Macro Monday

Poetry Within

 ~Red-spotted Butterfly~

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

~ Gustave Flaubert

I like to hope that my images depict just a small part of the poetry of nature. 


A slightly different version - HERE 

Nature Amazes

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly  

Hold on to your sense of wonder; if you do not have a sufficiently strong one, then develop it. For me, it is the most precious resource in the world. 

~  Arthur Silber Jr.

Joy In Looking

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
~ Albert Einstein

Hanging Out in the Trees

This little guy (a Red-spotted Purple)
was hanging out in the trees along one of my favorite trails. I used to think I could only find butterflies by looking down on the ground near the flowers. That is not the case at all. A LOT of them hang about in the trees. This one was quite high up but thankfully the 300mm lens was able to bring him a bit closer :)  

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Red Spotted Purple Butterfly

I have found that sitting in a place where you've never sat before can be inspiring.
~Dodie Smith