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

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post here. 

Just to let you know, I so appreciate my readers and your comments and encouragement!