Monday, July 22, 2013

A Few Weeks of Beauty

About ten days ago I visited the butterfly house at the Sarett Nature Center, a bit outside Benton Harbor Michigan.  When I first looked at my pictures, I was disappointed as they of course aren't as good as the real thing.  But now, with the visit in the past, I'm rather moved by the pictures.  They capture only a moment, but each moment seems so beautiful.


Their lifespan is odd:  The butterfly lives first in an egg, then as a caterpillar, then a pupa, and finally, as a butterfly.  The butterfly's main job is to mate and reproduce.  It's lifespan is only a few
weeks.  Somehow these facts don't mesh with the butterfly's beauty.  It looks so perfect.  The caterpillar and pupa, not so much.

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