Friday, September 9, 2011

survivor



The day after Irene hit Brooklyn I was weeding and came across this monarch caterpillar in the yard. So tender, so sturdy. The afternoon before I had come out of the house to find a family clustered around something on the ground under a Linden Tree, a Swallowtail Butterfly perched on a grounded twig, drying its wings. The mother turned to me and without caring who the heck I was breathlessly attested to its beauty.

I know.

3 comments:

Maki said...

Yes. She is so beautiful. I know the next and next also. I found her in my garden a week before too.^^
I love that.

yojimbot said...

great pictures!

amarilla said...

Thanks!