Well, here she is - the Painted Lady! (At least I hope my butterfly identification is correct. No doubt someone will put me right if I am mistaken.) Apparently 2009 is the "best painted lady year we have had in the UK."
If you listen to the news clip above you'll realise it is not all good news as far as butterflies are concerned.
What I find so fascinating about butterflies is the incredible intricate beauty all wrapped up in such a fragile frame - a reminder that all of life on this planet really is pretty precarious. The brief lives of butterflies remind me also to 'seize the moment' - make the most of what is given to us. The faded and battered beauty of the Red Admiral below (photographed this time in Scotland) says it even more powerfully.
MAKE THE MOST OF TODAY!
2 comments:
Stunningly beautiful...what a wonderful paradise God has given us to look after...my next post will be a little video of the butterflies at Barleycorn...
In the meantime, follow the link to my poppies...and a beautiful prayer :)
http://ourlittlecornerofparadise.blogspot.com/2009/08/ephemeral-poppies.html
Thank you for that comment. had a good look at your poppies - fragile beauty indeed.
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