"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 along the Ironton Rail Trail,
Whitehall, Pennsylvania on a June evening.
"The magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt
and sits on it; but man will never on his heap of
mud keep still."
~ Joseph Conrad
1857-1924
This white butterfly finds a shady spot in the mud
to sip some moisture yesterday at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Love is like a butterfly. It settles upon you when you least expect it."
~ Author Unknown
A pair of mating white butterflies on an April morning last week
at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
