As I'm posting this, I'm listening to Frank Sinatra sing, "I Have Dreamed," from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. An amazing combination of talents.  "How you look in the glow of evening. I have dreamed and enjoyed the view." Much can be said for dreams and memories... our way of seeing what we want to see.

Looking too closely at a butterfly reveals a complex variety of detail, some that is not always so beautiful as we may wish to remember. On the other hand... When I posted a closeup picture showing the texture of a monarch butterfly's wing, a dear reader sent me an email noting that it looked like a fingerprint. How enchanting that we may find a way to identify closely with a creature who is so different from ourselves. A humbling thought. Something so individualistic as a human fingerprint, that it can be seen in a resilient butterfly wing. Thank you for granting me another pleasant memory to tuck away for pondering while watching butterflies dance across the flowers of spring in the glow of evening.

This year the flower gardens are getting some much needed attention. 58 gladiolus bulbs of various colors have been planted in the sun garden. Yes, I counted them. The zinnia flowerbed was a pleasant experiment last fall, so it has lots of zinnia seeds, of which 15 have already sprouted. Yes, I counted them too. A couple of other sunny spots have a mix of seeds for flowers that are supposed to please hummingbirds, and a variety of perennials elsewhere. I didn't count those. Too many and much too small.

I hope you are having a pleasant start of spring. Until next time...

Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly photograph taken at Clark Gardens Botanical Park. Canon 100-400mm lens @300mm, 1/1000 sec, f/10, IS0-400