This beautiful species of butterfly is called ‘scarce swallowtail’ ( Iphiclides podalirius). It is native to Greece. It is rarely seen in my garden. I was lucky to capture it at the right time.
Αυτό το όμορφο είδος πεταλούδας ονομάζεται «σπάνια χελιδονουρά» (Iphiclides podalirius). Είναι ενδημική στην Ελλάδα. Σπάνια εμφανίζεται στον κήπο μου. Είχα την τύχη να το απαθανατίσω την κατάλληλη στιγμή
A big butterfly-the largest I’ve ever seen- landed in my garden yesterday.
Μια μεγάλη πεταλούδα – η μεγαλύτερη που έχω δει ποτέ – προσγειώθηκε χθες στον κήπο μου.
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” -Nathaniel Hawthorne
At summers’ end
the music plays
through concrete streets
another season
another reason
to hold on.
I caught a white butterfly up to no good in the lettuce leaves in the garden.
Μια λευκη πεταλουδα κανει ζαβολιες στα μαρουλια του κηπου.
A white butterfly on a flower.
For the Japanese the white butterfly represents the soul of the departed one, so I thought that it would be appropriate to post this photograph of a white butterfly for a friend who recently lost a loved one..
“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”-Euripides (Ancient Greek Writer 480B.C-406 B.C)
“The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.”
– Horace Bushnell
My cat Angelo eyeing a tasty butterfly
“There was something delightfully intimate about the relationship between predator and prey.” ― Nenia Campbell, Horrorscape
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