I was so excited to catch this butterfly hanging out on my sedum plant outside my writing cottage. I see the bumblebees and honey bees aren’t the only ones who love this sweet plant.

How can you not smile when you see a beautiful butterfly, right? It reminds me of the short story Kathleen Kelly (played my Meg Ryan in the movie You’ve Got Mail) talks about as she observes a butterfly in NYC riding the subway…and how the butterfly gets off the train and Kathleen is quite sure the butterfly was headed downtown to buy a hat.  That just tickles my inside every time I watch the movie and hear that line as I try to imagine what sort of hat that butterfly will buy!  Oh! I must watch the movie again.

I also found this quote that I simply loved from author S.C. Lourie which I feel speaks so much to the many sides of the feminine, if we allow it to be.

Please don’t mistake my softened heart. I haven’t fluttered my whole way here. I’ve roared my way here too. I am tiger as much as I am butterfly. Honour your growls as much as your flutters. We need them both in this life. ~S.C. Lourie

And indeed, I think we need them both in this life, at this time, more than any other. So growl and flutter! Growl and flutter.

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