Butterflies

Sunday is one of those days where you try to appreciate all the good things. Like today we had a day at the beach enjoying the sun, sand and water. 

Last summer I painted a very abstract butterfly which now lives proudly on someones wall.

Sometimes I create things and don't know why.  Sometimes I create things for a purpose.  

This little butterfly has been on my mind for a while.  I love the way butterflies seem to float on the breeze.  

Butterflies are really just moths that got a lucky genetic break - at least from a human perspective. We love butterflies but moths eat our clothes and we chase them with flyswatters.  

Since I am apt to try to draw pretty things, I suppose a moth might be out of the question. But you never know. 

We had a really interesting caterpillar in our frangipane tree outside.  It had brilliant colors - yellow, orange and black.  I looked it up and it doesn't turn into a beautiful butterfly at all but it sheds its beauty to become a pretty mundane moth.  

I was a bit outraged because the caterpillar was eating / killing our frangipane tree (beautiful flowers).  We had a little catch and release program going on.  We would take the caterpillars off our tree and relocate them somewhere it didn't do so much harm.  I should do a drawing of one of those sometime. 

I enjoyed my Sunday - I hope you do as well. 

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