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Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis)
Conservatory Of Flowers
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
October 2012
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers."
~Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
Questions. Doesn't it seem like all of a sudden, well in the last few months anyway, that there seems to be more questions occurring without any real answers to them? About a lot of subjects and situations...
1. An Entire Plane Full Of People Disappears Without A Trace...
Q. What Happened?
Q. Where Did It Go?
Q. Was It Terrorism?
Q. Was It Murder Suicide?
Q. Was It Something Else?
2. General Motors Knew They Were Selling Potentially Deadly Automobiles...
Q. Why?
Q. Will Anyone Ever Do Jail Time Over The Scandal?
Q. If Corporations Are People, By The Standards Of The Supreme Court, Shouldn't They Be Prosecuted As Such?
Q. Should General Motors Be Financially Exempt Due To The Earlier Bankruptcy Protection?
3. David Letterman Is Leaving Late Night Next Year ...
Q. Who Should Replace Him?
Q. Can He Be Replaced?
Q. Will Late Night Be As Fun Without Him?
4. The World Seems To Be On It's Period.
Q. Is Global Warming Real?
Q. Are We Headed For Another World War... Like SOON?
Q. Will Jellyfish Be The Last Species Standing?
Sometimes I think I think too much.
Q. Do I Think Too Much?
A. Yeah... LOL. I Do. I Can Admit It!
Well, We Seem To Be Making Progress! It Looks Like Things Are Looking Up!
"An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy."
~Madeleine L' Engle
Mood: Quietly Perplexed
~Me :)
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must also have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
-Hans Christian Anderson
Here is a compilation of my favorite butterfly photographs from 2008. I love photographing butterflies, because they have taught me so much about lighting and instinct and most of all patience. Every year, I wish for the same goal to finally be realized. I want to photograph the Mission Blue butterfly, which is found only here in the Bay Area, Marin County, and the San Francisco Peninsula to be exact. It has been listed on the endangered species list for a number of years, but through some hard work and conservation, it has been making a comeback. Maybe this year I will finally find her. Marin... here I come. I have from March through May to locate the butterfly, then it will be gone for another year. With a little luck this will be the year. Cross your fingers for me!
Enjoy...
Black Swallowtail
Question Mark
Common Checkered Skipper
Great Southern White
Cecropia Moth
Orange Sulphur
Monarch
Viceroy
Luna Moth
Julia
Great Southern White
Buckeye
-Carly
Butterfly Circus
Conservatory Of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
Spring, 2008
Afternoon
"There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love."
-Johnny Depp, as Dob Juan DeMarco
Being able to visit the butterfly exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers, has been so good for my frazzled nerves. Elvis has regained some strength, and the wheezing coming from his nose is a lot better, and overall things are a lot less turbulent then they have been in months, but I am still a little on edge, and a lot tired. With the rising gas prices, I don't know if we will be able to go across the bay to see the exhibit all summer. It costs $4 to cross the bridge, on top of the cost in gas.
I have to put Elvis's medical bills, and our own basic living costs, first, then if there is anything reasonable left over we can think about recreation. Sigh. These are sad times in our country, but I will save my frustrations over that for another entry. Right now, I am focusing on how happy these little spirits make me. How when I visit the exhibit, I am actually stepping into another world... a world of sanctuary and peace. Aren't they lovely? Little question marks floating on the wind. I could watch them all day. Some questions are easy to answer... Are these butterflies beautiful? The answer is... Yes!
-OndineMonet
"Question Mark Butterfly"
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
April, 2008
Afternoon
