A message of love

Question Mark Butterfly, July 2023

I read in your wings

a message of love in flight

just outside my door

 * A Question Mark Butterfly has made herself at home on our front porch. I stepped outside and she landed on the hem of my shorts and stayed there for several minutes before taking off again. Question Marks are notoriously fluttery - I've tried several times to get a good photo and today was the day. I love how the white outline of her wings shows well against the navy. 

Stepping aside

Yucca, July 2023

 

Alabaster bells

ring silent, stepping aside

for scent to arise

Sending

Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus), July 2023

 

Send me the softness

of opening blooms - a prayer

breathed from summer's heart