“Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?”
-Margot Fonteyn
I spent an hour this morning chasing butterflies.
Holding onto moments both perfect and not.
When he doesn’t catch me, an intruder, making a spectacle out of him.
and miserably begging for extra seconds
but he is what he is,
and butterflies, him included, never sit still.
And like a few people I know, a little shy,
mostly working solo.
The smallest change in the make up of his one act play,
whether it be a hornet, another butterfly, or Lily the Labradoodle charging us with a big stick.
will make him flee.
or hide.
or circle from a safe distance
evaluating, returning for a moment, just when he believed I had given up
Then, with thrash of wings, gone
(who was the first poet to speak of thrashing wings, anyway?
Does it matter?)
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Oh what wonderful shots and words!! I loove Lily!!! Beautiful work!! Sarah
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Hurrah! Wonderful!
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no more what I’m not buying this weekend? Esp. as I’m one of the few to play….
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BEAUTIFUL! enJOY your day!
Love all the shots and the dog is a real cutie.
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Beautiful photography but you’re a talented writer as well!
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so lyrical….I’m jealous of your power over words
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Great photos. I think Stretch may be about to fly off. Gotta find a way to ground him.
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Beautiful pictures.
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Love the Labradoodle very cute shot! Your butterfly is a Tiger swallowtail but with the end missing I cannot say what kind,but they are lovely are they not? great job!
mine is here
http://www.moorebloglife.com/2009/08/24/macro-monday-just-a-flower/
Butterflies are very hard to catch. Very elusive. I like all your photos. Is there anything better to do with a day than to chase butterflies!!
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I can think of worse ways to spend an hour. chasing butterflies sounds like a great way to spend a day!
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Beautiful pictures, Margo! I love macro photography. I use that setting on my camera (I’m such an amateur) more than any other. Although I’ve found it’s best to keep the camera away from my hideous feet .
(I still want to pick your brain a little bit, when I get a second. I’ll email you and see what works for you – I so appreciate it!)
.-= Vic´s last blog ..Don’t even get Quasimodo STARTED on her powdered-cheese analogy. =-.
give me that dog now! I mean, give me that dog now, please. Now can I have him/her?
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Love these pictures! I so want to take a photography class. There is such serenity in photography!
Learned about your blog from Darsden at RamblingsAboutWhy.
Nice blog! Nice to meet you!
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Delightfully written and beautifully photographed post.
Chasing butterflies is way better than my confrontation with thousands of migrating red butterflies last week as I drove over the Cascade Mountains to Bend. It was a horrible slaughter. I dodged the ones I could when there wasn’t a car coming toward me on the two-lane highway. I kept praying for them to fly higher, and many did I am sure, but others were obliterated in the middle of their beautiful sunny day flying in the forest corridor.
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Wow! Just what I needed this morning and you truly are a poetess in both pictures and words!
Catching butterflies with your camera is no easy task. I’m not surprised you were chasing around for a hour. But in the end you won!
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Lovely prose! I have yet to successfully chase down butterflies.
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Hey those are some great shots, I have tried to get ones of butterflies but I have not been so successful. Excellent first shot! Thank you for visiting today and following my lil ole picture blog.
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Those are absolutely gorgeous. Especially the one with the butterfly and the hydrangea (?). Can I have you camera? And your backyard?
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Lily is so cute. Our big dawg, Lucy (boxer), like’s to play with sticks too. Those are some pretty pictures there.
Those butterfly shots are stunning! Lily is adorable too
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