Friday, July 12, 2013

Flutter, Buzz, Bloom in a Quilt and Around Starwood

 
FLUTTER
 
White Admiral Butterfly on Spreading Dogbane
 
Swallowtail on Spreading Dogbane
Here's an interesting You-tube about the Swallowtail caterpillar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7dbT7F4O4
 
 

Butterfly
What is a butterfly?
At best
He's but a caterpillar
Dressed.
                  - Benjamin Franklin
 
Sarah Lynn, a wonderful reader, sent a link of close-up views of butterfly wings:  http://tinyurl.com/ButterflyWingCloseup  Enjoy! Thank you so much, Sarah Lynn!
 

BUZZ



Visitor
I'm The Nectar Inspector,
Sweetness Detector -
I sip -
I don't sniff.
I love juice
not perfume.
In its deep-throated scarlet
cup of a bud
(Beardtongue) Penstemon's
my favorite brew!
                       - Janet S. Wong


 
BLOOM



Wild Bergamot, Horsemint, or Beebalm

It smells a lot like oil-of-bergamot, which gives Earl Gray tea its flavor. 
This mint attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. 
Some Native American tribes used it as an insect repellant.  
 
Flowers at Night
Some flowers close their petals,
blue and red and bright,
and go to sleep all tucked away
inside themselves at night.
 
Some flowers leave their petals
like windows open wide
so they can watch the goings-on
of stars and things outside.
 
                - Aileen Fisher

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6 comments:

  1. Beautiful applique blocks! I enjoyed looking at the photos and reading the poetry, too.

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  2. I love your poems and pictures! How can you not love the Ben Franklin poem--says it all!

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  3. Enjoyed the post & pictures! I miss the time I spent each day on my Colorado summer vacations hiking & sitting on the deck enjoying the hummingbirds!

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  4. Love the hummingbird and the other appliques. Are these your original designs? I love to watch hummingbirds at the feeder. My brother has 10 to 12 feeds and these birds are really loud!!
    Poems are great. Thanks

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  5. Very beautiful - the poems, blocks & photos!

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