Wordless Wednesday: Black Swallowtail on lantana
Poetry Sunday: Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver
How about we share another Mary Oliver poem? After all, you can never have too many of those. In this one, the poet seems to acknowledge that it is often hard to simply live in and enjoy the moment, perhaps because we are afraid it can't last. She urges us to give in to that moment and fully experience the joy. Although "much can never be redeemed, still, life has some possibility left." Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is no
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ReplyDeleteThis is the adult version of the caterpillar that I featured in my Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day post.
DeleteWow! I wish I could take pics of butterflies! I've taken pics of flowers with bees and other bugs on them, but I've never been lucky enough to capture a butterfly or a dragonfly in flight.
ReplyDeleteYou sorta have to get lucky. I probably take at least ten for every one that's a keeper.
DeleteBeautiful pictures, Dorothy. All butterflies have left my gardens now; frost is thick on the ground. P x
ReplyDeleteWe don't usually get our first frost until December so I hope to be able to enjoy them for several more weeks.
DeleteBeautiful! We got some snow yesterday and our first frost today. So our growing season is over. (and yet I saw a butterfly today, perhaps a late monarch).
ReplyDeleteSnow? Wow! Isn't it a bit early for that?
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