Butterfly Kisses ...

“Ballet in the air ... twin butterflies until, twice white, they meet, they mate.”

     ~ Matsuo Basho ~ 1644-1694

       ~ Japanese Haiku

Mating white butterflies seem to do a delicate dance alighted on a leaf on an April afternoon along the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

 

Just Dandy ...

“Butterflies … flowers that fly and all but sing.”

       ~ Robert Frost

            ~ 1874-1963

         ~ Four Time Pulitzer Prize Winner

A white butterfly alights on a dandelion on a beautiful – and dandy – April afternoon along the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) at Lehigh Gap.

In the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, the Lehigh Gap in Slatington, Pennsylvania, is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the D&L Trail. 

The Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

Blooms For Two ...

“Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.”

                     ~ Alma Gluck

                                    ~ 1884-1938

A pair of white butterflies sip nectar on a sweet summer afternoon in late August at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.