A Question Mark butterfly, Polygonia interrogations takes a brief break from fluttering
on suspended leafy greens giving this Lepidoptera devotee pause to ponder
. . . is it indeed a Question Mark or an Eastern Comma?
Being a writer who has a difficult time with commas
. . . and after studying images over at the Massachusetts Butterfly Club's fabulous website
. . . I have decided to go with the Question Mark butterfly.
There may be questions floating about as to why this author has not been posting regularly of late.
I am pausing more between publishing but hope to be back on a routine schedule soon.
A life cycle takes time . . . and I am still busy working on the Monarch Metamorphosis to share.
Coming soon.
Flower Hill Farm gardens and fields are aflutter with painted wings
. . . Brushfoots, Fritillaries, Wood Nymphs, Milkweed butterflies and more.
Migration is in the air along with the full blue moon.
Special best wishes to our hard working teachers heading back to school
. . . with much gratitude for your service in helping to educate our youth
. . . the future leaders of our world.
May they show more promise than what we sadly see in most of our leaders today.
While we are on the subject of questions
. . . let's all remember to question authority and actively engage in the process of government
. . . and I am not writing about just voting.
We are teetering on a precipice.
Happy September All.
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13 comments:
Awesome photos ! Thanks for sharing that butterfly site, that comes in handy as here in Ontario and being close to the US border we get some butterfly's in our area that aren't recognized ! Have a good day !
Hello Carol:
Is there ever time to pause we wonder at Flower Hill Farm. It rather seems to us that everything is all a flutter!!!
Question mark or comma, this wonderfully marked Butterfly is without a doubt far more interesting than punctuation. But, is there a semi-colon somewhere on the wing we wonder?
Happy September to you, dearest Carol, at Flower Hill Farm!!
Wunderbare Bilder!
LG lykka
Hello Carol, am glad you explained, so how are you now? I have seen these butterfly comma in blogs but not sure if we have it too here. I a wonder also why it is called comma and then its species is question mark, by the way i love the species name. They should just have use comma as species name, isn't it. So it wont be question mark butterfly anymore but solely a comma butterfly. Or better still butterfly punctuation or Polygonia punctuacion! :))
Carol,
Good call you have it right! These can be hard to tell at times. When in doubt we just call them anglewings.
Beautiful photos! Lovely to see you have butterflies this summer, sadly we haven't had many here in UK this summer. Spring was just too late, summer has rained away into the wettest summer on record so the butterfiles have stayed away.
I think I have found the mascot for my grammar review on punctuation for my college freshmen next week: Is it a comma or a question mark. And while your political remarks are vague, they are indeed profound. Yes, indeed. As the great play write Oscar Wilde once said,"This morning I put a comma in; this afternoon I took it out." Can't wait for your post on the monarchs.
Nice pics of butterflies!
Question mark or comma . . . makes little difference to me. I marvel at your naming of butterflies, birds, flora. I can't keep any of it straight, but I rejoice when one comes into view. I love how you relate the natural world to our confused and troubled human one. I join with you in your regard for teachers.
Beautiful pictures, great light.
Yes it is butterfly season -- butterflies everywhere! Such a magical sight.
It is obvious that you are a skilled photographer but I didn´t know you are an author as well! Have you published anything that I can get hold of here in Sweden?
Kram/Laila
thank you for inspiring me to look more closely.
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