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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!
Beautiful applique blocks! I enjoyed looking at the photos and reading the poetry, too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blocks and pictures!
ReplyDeleteI love your poems and pictures! How can you not love the Ben Franklin poem--says it all!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the post & pictures! I miss the time I spent each day on my Colorado summer vacations hiking & sitting on the deck enjoying the hummingbirds!
ReplyDeleteLove 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!!
ReplyDeletePoems are great. Thanks
Very beautiful - the poems, blocks & photos!
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