Saturday, May 21, 2011

Swallowtails

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~Rabindranath Tagore
 Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine. ~Jeffrey Glassberg
Swallowtails and Giant Swallowtails are numerous around our yard and this is only one of many.

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
~Irish Blessing

13 comments:

Deb said...

they are so pretty Sandra...I love your header...

Ann said...

Oh how pretty they are. I just love the quotes that you picked for this post.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Absolutely gorgeous pictures of the butterflies, Sandra... Makes me think of summer... Haven't seen many butterflies up here yet.

Have a good weekend.
Hugs,
Betsy

DawnTreader said...

Lovely... I've never seen this one before.

Ruth Hiebert said...

Beautiful!

Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMotte said...

These are so lovely.

Madeline said...

These swallow tails are beautiful. Hard to believe that something so beautiful can come from something so ugly. (cocoon)
You must live in just the right place to attract so many butterflies, and of course you must have all the right things growing in your yard to attract them.

Chatty Crone said...

Your butterflies are so pretty. Isn't it funny - if someone helps them out of the cacoon - they die - they have to struggle to stay alive and turn beautiful.

Catherine said...

Gosh ~ look at all your beautiful butterflies! Fantastic!
xo Catherine

George said...

These are wonderful pictures of the Swallowtails. Very well done!

Unknown said...

Beautiful photos madsnaper.
I missed this post.

Regina said...

Hey..now these are just too cool!! I agree with you- they aren't easy to shoot but you did a super job!! They are heavenly creatures! Great quotes too-
Wishing you a wonderful day-

Dawning Inspiration said...

Happy sigh....