We are in the air and on the move. If all goes well, my next post will be from sunny San Juan Puerto Rico! I will not be able to post, or comment on your wonderful posts for the next few days. But once we settle in, I hope to be back and blogging at least some of the time. Meanwhile I leave you with these holler butterflies and hopes that all is well with you!
They seemed to come suddenly on happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in a winter wood~ Edith Wharton
Painted Lady (Please click to enlarge).
The butterfly, a cabbage white,
(his honest idiocy of flight)
will never now, it is too late,
master the art of flying straight~ Robert Evans
Cabbage White
Butterflies are flowers that fly and all but sing~ Robert Frost
Black Veined Tiger
I do not know if I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man~ Chaung Tzu
Tiger Swallow Tail
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has to go through to achieve that beauty~ Maya Angelou
Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp~ Ponce Denis Ecouchard Lebrun
I ask only to be free. The butterflies are free~ Charles Dickens
The Holler is unseasonably warm and there are still flutterbyes here! May the sight of the butterflies warm your day! Sending you cheers and well wishes as we travel! Talk to soon from exotic islands!
Beautiful pictures!
Thrilled you think so! Thank you & welcome!
Gorgeous!
Makes me happy! Mil grazi~
Stunning photographs as always Cindy. Have a safe trip and I look forward to my cyberspace journey with you my friend…
You are just the best person to travel with. I would miss you if your weren’t along…..
OK let’s go…. 🙂
If you can catch a flight to St Croix in a couple days we have room for you!!!! I’m serious you know~
Cindy, your artistry in this field is due to your ability to reimagine everything you capture. This just came to me in an epiphany.
It’s like genres of photography, really. Looking forward to “our” visit to sunny Puerto Rico
Can’t tell you how happy I am to have you come along! You make all my trips so much better! Hugz~
Traveling mercies and have a wonderful time…see ya when you get back with some fantastic pics!
Look farward to sharing with you! I am always loving your posts although have a harder time accessing them when far a afield! If I haven’t liked a post of yours it is because I cannot access it. You know I love everything you do. Cheers & hugs my friend~
PS- Couldn’t find how to comment, but that last ensemble you posted was not only genius, unbelieveable that it wasresale, but also drop dead gorgeous! You rock!
Now, that is just annoying….I removed the Disqis which was the main problem. When you get back, shoot me an email with a print screen. Have fun and be safe!
You too my friend and cheers~
Quite beautiful, and safe passage.
Thanks so much and cheers to you~
Simply gorgeous picture talk to the soul.Thank you Cindy for liking the poem “l wish you know”.Best wishes.jalal
Best to you my friend!
This is beautiful!!
Makes me happy! Thank you~
Amazing pics!
Mil grazi~
Magic colours to cheer up this UK resident, here! It’s just grey and grey and more grey, plus rain, rain, rain. No self-respecting butterfly would come near our winter! That’s why I love to follow blogs like yours, Cindy.
Well you know how much I appreciate you dropping by and how much I enjoy your blog! Right now the Holler is in the worst recorded drought in history with an extremely high fire risk…….I would so welcome some cold greay rain!!! Perspective is everything! Cheers to you~
The flowers are as beautiful as the butterflies. Refreshing reminder of why we get through winter. Enjoy the Isalnds.
Oscar
Awwww, thank you Oscar and be well!
Absolutely beautiful. Love the close ups. So rich in colour, & looks like velvet.
They do look like fuzzy velvet, thank you for seeing & cheers to you~
For me, the saddest thing about dying is, I shall never see another Butterfly kissing a flower. How wonderful is Nature.
Yes, but then we have no idea what we may see after death, but there is much in nature to sorely miss~
I concur with 50% of your double barreled comment 🙂
Didn’t mean it that way at all. Sorry.
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Awwww. I am honored and touched Pat! Thank you~
I love taking pictures on butterflies and these are extremely good captures. Isn’t their proboscis delightful?.
Yes they are amazing and I am so glad you enjoy them! Thank you!
Beautiful!
Merci beaucoup!
Absolutely gorgeous photos!
Very kind words and so appreciated! Cheers to you & thank you~
You are absolutely welcome! Keep those beautiful photos coming! Spectacular!
🙂
Very pretty pictures Ms Cindy.
So appreciated & nice of you to say!
As always, wonderful photos Cindy! Of course, I do love the quotes as well. Merci beaucoup!
So good to hear from you my friend! Hope all is well with you~
I like these butterflies. It is not easy to make such good pictures.
I am so glad you do like them and thank you for your kind words. Cheers to you~
Could not resist sharing some of those beautiful photographs on Pinterest.
I am truly honored! Thank you for your kindness~
Isn’t that fantastic to have winter like this? Great pictures, you’re are a real master, probably takes patience, too.
Visa versa to you X 2! I think you are the master!