seeking food
fooled by a runner
lifes not fair
There is a lot to read into the imagination of this butterfly. Was it attracted by the colour of Jill’s runner? Was it fooled by the pattern that looked like plant structure? Was there some spilt honey on the shoe? Whatever the reason this persistent little insect would not depart. Jill took her shoe off and held it up for me to get a close up shot and still it stayed. Eventually it walked onto her hand and stayed there for a while before finally flying away hopefully discovering real food somewhere.
Haiku hound 
It had heard about your blog and wanted to share! Lovely image.
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Thanks Cathy.
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Lovely photograph and poor butterfly, I hope finds her way 🙂 Thank you dear Denis, Love, nia
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Thanks Nia. She flew away and we watched her find some blossom, this was last Spring in the mountains.
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May be the color!
Nice haiku.. 🙂
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Thanks Prakash, it just may be!
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What a lovely butterfly moment and mystery 😉
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Thanks Xenia, who knows what butterflies think!
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Awesome! I have yet to be that up close and personal with a butterfly, either in its mind or its body.
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Thanks Annette.
Try approaching quietly and have some honey on your hand, and don’t forget the camera
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Loved your story, Denis. Must have been quite the unique butterfly experience. ❤
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Thanks Olga, it was unusual, almost like it was stuck on the shoe.
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Aww, poor little butterfly. I’m surprised it wasn’t afraid and just stayed. Very interesting. Hopefully it found real food somewhere––like you said. Good one!
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It continued on its way Vashti but was in no hurry to fly that day.
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What an amazing picture you’ve captured!
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Thanks Magarisa. The subject was very co-operative
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Indeed!
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This is a wonderful haiku observation! Let’s hope there was some sweet on the shoe or maybe it was simply dazzled by false hope as you suggest 🙂
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Thanks Janice, maybe it was just resting. I have seen bees so full of pollen they just have a rest for a while, maybe butterflies too.
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Perhaps … we over estimate our capacity, why not a bee or butterfly? But whatever the reason it feels special when a butterfly stays on us ( I don’t know if I’d want a bee to rest on me 😉
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What a lovely experience Denis, unusual.
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It was and most of all Jill actually picked the butterfly up in her hand and it sat there before flying away.
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