*click on photo for better view*
When I thought of what to do for the prompt, fat, I thought of the butterflies that are already starting to flitter around my garden, greedily sucking up the nectar of the many flowers planted there.
When I was a child, I used to sneak up on butterflies and pick them up off the flowers they were feasting on. My dad says he used to watch me from a window inside the house and he was always astounded that I could actually catch them.
We also had a picnic table in the yard that was (apparently) the perfect place to hang a chrysalis. I used to love to sit underneath that table and watch the progress of my almost-butterfly friends. I still love butterflies more than any other insect in the garden.
What a lovely depiction of, er, one of my least favorite words (mainly because it fits me too well). :)
Posted by: Barbara W. Klaser | Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 01:27 PM
Cute illo...but what I really wanted to say is "Happy Mother's Day!" xoxo
Posted by: Marilyn | Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Happy Mother's Day, Diane!
Posted by: tinker | Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 06:15 AM
Nice take on this week's illo!...and, cute butterfly!
In our area, once a year the Monarch butterflies migrate...it is fascinating to see these butterflies taking over the area...fluttering around. It is always fun when one lands on you! :)
Posted by: Trisha | Friday, May 12, 2006 at 05:26 AM
aw very pretty :)
Posted by: fenris | Friday, May 12, 2006 at 03:28 AM
Adorable illo! Butterflies are fascinating - that whole caterpillar-chrysalis metamorphosis thing is pretty amazing.
Posted by: tinker | Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 01:24 PM
Pretty butterfly and it's eyes are sweet. Nice take on the theme.
Posted by: hardwax | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 09:10 PM
Pretty colors! I never touched butterflies because I was told by someone that if I rubbed off something special on their wings, they could never fly again. An old wives' tale?
Posted by: Margaret | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 08:21 PM
This is pretty! The pink and purple look like the colors of spring blossoms. How cool that must have been to watch the caterpillars transform into butterflies!
Posted by: carla | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 05:59 PM