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Letting The Light In

Hello friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Pipevine Swallowtail In The Late Summer Sun” and is available for purchase by following the instructions at the bottom of the article.

A golden ray of sunshine sweeps across the edge of the Appalachian forest. An older Pipevine Swallowtail angles herself to catch as much of this warmth as it can. Her beautiful wings wings are worn and tattered from predator encounters. She seems to be sstruggling pull her body to just the right spot as the last shadow fades away. Oh, but once the light hits her wings things change drastically. Her movement becomes fluid and with shivering wings she suddenly becomes airborne. She flutters and soars with every bit of the grace and agility that she’s always had. All it took to renew her strength was to let the light in.

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Simplicity In Harmony

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Clinging delicately to cluster of flowers a solitary bumblebee enjoys the sweetness of each tiny floret. Her life is good. Her only concern is deciding on which flowers to feed on. Her needs are met by the abundance of God’s providence. The good life is the simple life. Yes, there’s always work to be done. A simple life isn’t a lazy life. But the tasks to be done aren’t chores that leave one broken. Instead it’s more like collecting rewards.

The bee lives in harmony with it’s landscape. The flowers need her just as much as she needs them. Their system meshes together with the efficiency that only God could commission. On average, a bumblebee will travel 3 miles per day and visit thousands of flowers. That’s quite a feat when you consider the she’s only about a half of an inch long herself. In some studies it’s proclaimed that she might fly as far as 25 miles per day. No wonder why bumblebees are always so hungry. While bumblebees are known to bore holes in wood these holes are generally used for brooding. A sleeping bumblebee can often be found early in the morning sleeping inside deep flowers like hibiscus. I suppose that after such tremendous flight time that they rest very well and carefree in their little flower tents.

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Fluttering Beauty Surrounds Me

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Hello friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Pipevine Swallowtail Feeding On Jewelweed” and is available for purchase by following the instructions at the bottom of the article.

The morning sun slowly peeks over Little Elk Mountain. The cool of the night still lingers in the shadowy side of the hills. I have been catching up on a few light chores and happened to notice the rapid movements in the off lawn area of my property. I allow nature to take its course there and have been blessed with an abundance of Jewelweed there. Aside from foraging opportunities the Jewelweed provides humans it’s excellent forage for butterflies and bees as well as hummingbirds. So I’m also blessed to have an abundance of life that seems happy to share my space. Today it’s been Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies. At first you only notice one or two. Then, a third and fourth. As you begin to look deeper into the bushes it hard to believe that you didn’t notice all the wings shivering as they feed.

So, into the house I went to abandon my lawnmower in favor of my big camera. I opted for the 300 mm lens so that I didn’t have to try to get real close. This allows the butterflies to behave naturally and keeps my shadow out of the frame.

As the butterfly in tonight’s feature image fed I noticed that only the forewings shiver. This is done to keep it warm enough for flight but while researching I saw one source that points out butterflies pump their wings while feeding because their proboscis works like a siphon and the wing movement helps them feed. I also learned that when they emerge from the cocoon they have to assemble the proboscis from the two mouth parts they’re born with and that if they don’t get it right they will starve.

Irregardless of the scientific trivia surrounding the butterfly they do fill my life with beauty.

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Finding Sanctuary

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Angel's Alcove — Hello friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Angel’s Alcove” and is available for purchase by following the instructions at the bottom of the article.

Certain places sure seem to have a pertonality of their own. We go to a place and there’s something special about it. It’s like the very landscape itself welcomes your presence. Sometimes it seems that if you’requiet enough that you can hear the voice of God speaking peace to your spirit and saying, “Come child. Sit with me for a while and I’ll settle the storms for you.” I have the strong belief that the world was created just for our benefit. Later, the perfect work of God was sabotaged by Lucifer setting up a chain reaction that is still unfolding by our perception. Envy, strife and destruction and a litany of negative effects cascade throughout the universe except where God is present. Here in these sheltered places there is peace even if only for a moment. We can be recharged and restored enough for the next leg of the journey in these natural sanctuaries. But the green leaves and flowing water only set the mood. It’s the presence of God that brings the healing power. What’s more is the He’ll come to you wherever you are and no matter how dark the gathering clouds are or how much the wind blows there’s a sanctuary in God’s presence.

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A Light In The Darkness

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The Monarch Butterfly glides silently to where the sweet scent of the Ironweed eliminates from the shadows. Delicately, she explores the purple flowers for a sip of nectar. Together they are a bright spot in a darkened world. She playfully skips from plant to plant spreading her beautiful wings for only a moment. A moment was all that was needed to be a light in the darkness.

In the world today we have so much darkness that surrounds us. It is easy to allow it to swallow you up. But the light is there if you look for it. Sometimes we ask why the world has so much darkness in it. I think that the answer is so that the light can be better defined.

Believe it or not, you are that light in someone else’s word. It only takes a moment to share a smile and light their lives. Never forget that what you do matters in this world.

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