Photos by BT

 

 

"Butterflies are self propelled flowers."

~R.H. Heinlein

 

Pipevine Swallowtail

September 10, 2007

 

 

"We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are."

~Friedrich Nietzsche

 

 

Monarch

September 10, 2007

 

 

"Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time."

~Deborah Chaskin

 

 

White Peacock Butterfly

September10, 2007

 

 

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."

~Maya Angelou

To be identified

 

 

"Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave.

The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him."

~Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

 

Monarch

September 10, 2007

 

 

"Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures."

~Elizabeth Goudge

 

 

Spicebush Swallowtail

 

 

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."

~Carl Sagan

 

Pipevine Swallowtail

 

 

"Flowers and butterflies drift in color, illuminating spring."

~Author Unknow

 

 

 

 

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