In the Monkey ..

Gratitude is the music of the heart, when its chords are swept by the breezes of Kindness. -Author Unknown Background texture : my own Font : Brush-Tip texe PicMonkey (C) All Rights Reserved EXPLORE

.. of the Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly .. underside of his wings .. with orange spots .. the small tail shows better in this grouping .. he is such a tiny thing .. but patient ** * 1 note * ** Eastern Tailed-Blue (m) (Cupido comyntas) - per Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America - he is the only tailed blue in the East ( USA ) - hindwing below has one to three orange spots near base of tail - Spring to Fall - 3 broods - will be searching for more of these blue beauties (c) All Rights Reserved

and intense - an Orb created from - Daylily with raindrops - background the edges of a pastel sunset - then, framed - (c) All Rights Reserved * 1 note *

.. some of you know about Pink Heals Tour [ also in the UK ] .. firefighters who travel the country in Pink Firetrucks and wear Pink gear .. on their own time .. they go to towns, cities, communities who ask for their help in raising awareness .. of cancer and how it is so devastating to our women .. nobody is paid .. period .. it is a gift of love to people one has never met .. in the US, Sheffield Lake, Ohio asked them to come visit a young woman .. she is terminal and they wanted Pink Heals to do a home visit to help cheer her .. the Mayor has said - no .. below is what Dave Graybill, founder of Pink Heals, posted Please share, we need your help in Sheffield Lake Ohio!!!! We are trying to visit a young woman who has terminal cancer in a small town in Ohio. The Pink Heals National Tour has been asked to swing by and give her some love at her home. The people who requested us are making t-shirts and selling them in her honor to help off-set medical bills. We've been told that the Mayor from Sheffield Lake Ohio mayorbring@gmail.com has said he cannot support this effort and has asked the police chief to call these folks to tell them that coming to her house COULD break city ordinances... Email has been sent from North Carolina .. Karma, Mr Mayor ... Karma ..

simplicity .. in being casual .. branches of an Evergreen against a cloudless sky .. Poppy fading .. Spiderwort in stages of development .. each simple .. casual .. but, elegant .. (c) All Rights Reserved

.. in the rainbow .." - Harry Chapin 'Flowers Are Red' www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWV3fJB2Mfw .."But the little boy said... There are so many colors in the rainbow So many colors in the morning sun So many colors in the flower and I see every one .." - Harry Chapin / singer / songwriter / humanitarian -- gone too soon - Lyrics: www.musicsonglyrics.com/flowers-are-red-lyrics-harry-chapin.html

May the bright yellow warmth - Send healing energies to you - Stay well, My Friends - (c) All Rights Reserved * 1 note *

any color - Mother Nature has provided many - in the Month-of-MultiColors - (c) All Rights Reserved

" Flowers always make people feel better, happier, and more helpful. They are sunshine , food and medicine for the soul. " - Luther Burbank (c) All Rights Reserved For the group: Poetography

House Finches ready for more food ... Think there might be another one in the back .. Keeping Mom and Dad busy with feedings .. Taken through the window - and the blinds .. (c) All Rights Reserved

kissed by raindrops - the Garden of Surprises - continues to grow - Top Middle - Large cones develop - On the Fir tree - Last year only a few - Looks like a good crop - Tiger Lily is doing well - After her bath the other day - Soapy water and Salad oil spray - Iris continue the Parade - Just looked out the window - SUN ! (c) All Rights Reserved

- May these colors warm your heart - Keep you safe in your corner Of this Big Blue Ball - - Thanks to all of you who take time - To visit .. to comment .. to leave a fave - But most of all, thank you just because - You are You - An amazing soul - Namaste, Peggy ** there is a note in the top Left of each photo ** (c) All Rights Reserved

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) - on right Poppies that were - bottom left #10 Japanese Iris - The Parade of Iris - still more to come -- (c) All Rights Reserved

Since April 1, 2015 - this is the order these Iris have bloomed. 1- yellow / Gold Digger / 01 April 2- purple/with white beard / 14 April 3- white / Leprauchan's Purse / 22 April 4- two tone maroon / Dauntless / 22 April 5- peach / My Heroine / 24 April 6- mauve / Gypzee / 28 April 7- two tone purple with yellow beard / Jenny / 30 April April was a bloomin' month ! (c) All Rights Reserved

my camera is always with me - not my yard flowers - but, I do visit that spot often - just to see what has been planted - a lovely area outside a small church - down the road-a-piece [ as they say here ] - the Memory Bench - ah, that was seen at a very old Cemetery - there is beauty all around - (c) All Rights Reserved

Iris varieties that have bloomed - Left top - " My Heroine " [ 28 '' tall ] [ her proper name ] ( 5 ) Right top - " Dauntless" ( 4 ) [ 28'' tall ] Right bottom - Elegance or "Leprechaun's Purse" -Yasser has been searching :) ( 3 ) [ 32'' tall ] Left bottom - Gypzee [ member in good standing of the Tin Can Gypzees ] ( 6 ) [ 32-323'' tall ] (c) All Rights Reserved

# 5 - 'Dauntless' -- proper name [ 28'' tall ] # 6 - Tin Can Gypzee Ruffles -- her given name [know some TCGs and this Iris fits] [ 32-33'' tall ] - in center .. Star of Bethlehem (c) All Rights Reserved

# 3B - to bloom Since I can't find her 'proper name' -- Tall - Elegant - White with gold - [ 32 '' tall ] Until I find out differently, she shall be named - Leprauchan's Purse, for the time being as my Friend said .. The Lady-who-blooms-in-Elegance (c) All Rights Reserved