While riding my bike today, I followed this butterfly along the river. It seemed to just sit and pose for me. I kept getting closer with each picture and then after the perfect shot, it flew off across the river. I stood for a moment and thought that just a few short months ago that beautiful monarch butterfly was a creepy crawly caterpillar. But the next step of it's life is one that has always amazed me....the caterpillar is amazing to watch with all it's crazy legs...but when it goes into it's stage of a larva, it appears useless and pretty much just ugly. Then it begins it fight and struggle and eventually appears as this gorgeous winged butterfly. Maybe I should be learning today that life can somewhat be like this...babies and children are amazing and always expanding their thoughts and actions by learning...and then comes adulthood....hard to understand, some days nearly impossible to make sense of life. Younger people look at older people as having lost something in life and some may have, but after the anguish of old age and the pains of life....then comes the beauty....life beyond here....as I believe.....Heaven.
Beautiful picture! I was raised out on the farm being told Queen Ann's Lace was a weed, but to me it is a flower and none more beautiful than it. So delicate and lacey. I've always loved butterflies too, and their metamorphosis is fascinating. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and pictures.
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