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.

 

Late Summer Monarch ...

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

            ~ Alma Gluck

               ~1884-1938

A beautiful monarch butterfly savors the waning days of summer as it alights on a buddleia flower on a gorgeous early September afternoon at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

Monarch In Motion ...

“We live in the world when we love it.”

    ~Rabindranath Tagore

       ~ 1861-1941

A beautiful monarch butterfly savors the waning days of summer as it alights on a buddleia flower on a gorgeous early September afternoon at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

Daisies After A Spring Rain ...

“Where innocent bright-eyed daisies are,

With blades of grass between,

Each daisy stands up like a star

Out of a sky of green.”

      ~ Christina Rossetti

        ~ 1830-1894                               

Raindrops linger on daisies, so beautiful and innocent, sweet and simple and the star of the show, on a late spring afternoon in early June when the sun has broken through after a rainfall at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.