The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Flutter by, Butterfly

It is a really good mariposa year.  The garden is full of them.

 

I always plant things to attract them and with all the rain this year, everything has just exploded. 

One of the best times of the year. 

 

Do you know the Italian word for butterfly?  Faralla!  A perfect word.  And the Monarchs are migrating.

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2 comments:

Bev in Connecticut said...

Here in Connecticut we have seen very few butterflies this year. We have planted all their favorite plants but...no butterflies
Saw 3 monarchs last week. Usually by now we are seeing 6-10/day. Maybe they all decided to stay in Oaxaca instead of taking the long journey north

September 3, 2020 at 6:27 AM
Clever Monkey said...

I was fascinated by that first one as it's completely unfamiliar to me. Looked it up and it's some type of Melanis, maybe most closely related to Melanis cephise. But yours is such a distinct variant, maybe you could get it classified and named after you. Melanis stowensii. Half joking, but hey, why not? A minuscule claim to fame.

Diane

September 3, 2020 at 4:24 PM

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