Madam Butterfly,
drawn by sweetly scented flowers,
bearing scars of battles won.
Bees drink the nectar too,
and the garden hums,
with the thrum of life.
Cheers to you from The Holler garden~
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gorgeous photos!
Mil grazi!
Beautiful!
It is a beautiful world!
Absolutely beautiful Cindy! 😮
Awwww, thank you!
😊😊
Cindy these are just stunning. Hope you are well my friend?
Regards
Bob
Why thank you. I am doing well and hope you are too my friend~
Always x have a great weekend Cindy
They are gorgeous
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
🙂 Have a great weekend Cindy
You too my friend and cheers~
Lovely flowers and gorgeous butterflies are great photographs for any one.
So glad! Happy weekend Ranu~
She doesn’t look to battered to me 🙂 she looks quite beautiful! The flower shots are amazing!
She is a beauty but she’s missing a chunk of her wing! Thanks so much & cheers too~
amazing.
Grazi!
A stunner, Cindy! Each and every one.
So glad and cheers to you~
Ah! Beautiful summer moment. Thank you for such lovely photographs.
Thank you for appreciating them!
Those photos just made my day. Thanks for sharing them.
Your comment made mine!
Awesome pics Cindy, do you take them yourself? if so you have an amazing talent.. 🙂
I do and thank you!! Made my day!
Beautiful, Cindy! Thank you! Love, Amy
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
You are welcome, Cindy!! Wishing I could speak French right now. (((HUGS))) Amy
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Excellent !!
Love this word! 😉
Just lovely, Cindy 🙂
So appreciated!
Absolutely gorgeous Cindy, the Holler Garden is alive with rare beauty
So kind & happy weekend~
Very, very gorgeous!
Very glad and cheers to you!
Too beautiful, Cindy. Great captures of the butterfly from different angles!
It was the biggest swallowtail I’ve seen at The Holler and their was a humungous tarantula too!! Happy days!! 😉
Breathtaking close ups,Cindy. Such incredible colors. It’s raining here, so this is sunshine to me.
Oh and we desperately need rain!!! Thanks so much for your thoughtful words~
I like how you imagine the butterfly has been given its tatters, along with the beauty you show in the photographs, Cindy! You tell a ‘story’ which gets me thinking!
Have a wonderful weekend dear friend!
Your pictures bring beauty into the world. I like to look at them and normally “like” your post. Have a great day, A.G.
Comments like these are what blogging worthwhile! Have a great weekend~
Beautiful photos – I lost my two butterfly bushes during Michigan’s harsh winter and I miss them and the butterflies they attracted 🙂
They are delightful additions to the garden and I am sorry you lost yours! 🙁
Most is asleep in the garden here in Ballarat, But the Buddleia is readying itself for the attack of the butterflies in the Spring. My garden photos are only taken with a small camera so there’s not as much wonderful detail as yours.
Your photos are wonderful, as is your blog! Cheers to you and thank you for your kind words!
Coming from you that’s a very welcome compliment.
Amazing photos! Cheers for the weekend!
And to you and thank you too!!!
Absolutely stunning photographs Cindy! We do indeed live in a beautiful world.
Indeed we do! Happy Friday to you~
Vivid, focused, captured in precision and perfection!
You are very thoughtful~
Beautiful pictures. I did now how beautiful cactus flowers can be.
Hard to photograph to catch their subtle, almost transparent beauty~
Lovely.
Gracias mi amiga~
Cindy – absolutely gorgeous!!
Yay!! Makes my day~
You have outdone yourself….these photos are superb!
You are very kind~
Butterflies and flowers, it doesn’t get more beautiful than that. Thanks Cindy.
Thank you my friend and happy Friday~
Oh so gorgeous!
Thank you sweet Dor!
All are stunning, Cindy! I don’t know what kind of flower that fourth picture is but it’s dreamy! 🙂
It’s a cactus flower. I had a hard time getting that photo because the flowers are so subtle and transparent!
Wow, these are awesome shots, sometimes I swear that you live in a Botanical Garden!
I just not take pics of the unphotogenic things!
Sounds poetic
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Domo Arigato Yoshko!
You are welcome, Cindy 🙂 ~ Yoshiko
Beautiful!
Grazi!
Exquisite flowers! The butterflies are fantastic!! Have a super weekend!! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Loved the macros you posted too! Lovely~
OMG! Ok tell me when you are hosting the macro class weekend up the holler!!!!
No class, no way as I am no expert, but it would be so fun to host a Holler Hoe-Down for bloggers at The Holler!
You have a great eye for…EVERYTHING! 😉
You are very sweet and most appreciated!
They’re all gorgeous, but I particularly like the 4th photo. 🙂
I am so glad you do as I worked hard on this photo! Thank you Fae & cheers to you~
These are absolutely beautiful.
You are very kind~
The light through the butterfly’s wings in the last picture… pure beauty! thank you Cindy!
Thank you for noticing!
As always. Beautiful photos!
Most appreciated!
Cindy, thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you will check out my selection of paperbacks at amazon, now converted from eBooks. Your photographs bring me joy and a sense of greater closeness with nature. You have captured the essence of Nature. Have a great weekend. Ann
Thank you Ann and good luck with your books!
Wie wunderschön wünsche dir ein sonniges schönes Wochenende liebe Grüße von mir Gislinde
Vielen danke Gislinde! Ich fahre morgen für Deutschland. Ich bin bereit fur einige Schnitzel! <3
Stunning captures, Cindy. 🙂
Mil grazi~
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It would not be reblog Saturday without some wonderful images from Cindy Knoke – stunning.
You are very thoughtful and I am most grateful! Cheers & thank you~ <3 <3
Ohhh Cindy, these are … breath-taking. Mesmeric. Outstanding!
Thank you so much for sharing these incredible works of heart.
Love ~ Cobs. x
Your comment just made my morning! Thank you for your kindness and cheers to you~
Liebe Cindy ein schönes Wochenende wünsche ich dir mit vielen lieben Grüße Klaus das ist aber ein super Schmetterling tolles Foto Klaus
Sie sind sehr freundlich Klaus! Ich danke Ihnen sehr. Ich werde in Koln Deutschland am Montag! Ich bin bereit fur einige Deutsche Küche!
Liebe Cindy danke für deinen schönen Kommentar ja die Deutsche Küche hat so einige leckere Gerichte zu bitten einen schönen Sonntag wünscht dir Klaus
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Nature’s translucent beauty..
Nothing better for the soul & spirit! Cheers to you Russel~