“Just living isn’t enough,”
said the butterfly,
“one must have sunshine,
freedom and a little flower.”
—Hans Christian Anderson
beauty of petals
drooping like long eyelashes
blessed by butterfly
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The spiky raised center of the Coneflower is the perfect landing spot of the Sachem Skipper, a tiny moth-like butterfly visitor to summer gardens • Photo by Jan Logozzo • ”Petals” haiku by Mary O’Connor
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