‘Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.’ Nathaniel Hawthorne
‘I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.’ John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
‘Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.’ Robert A. Heinlein
These butterflies are found in China, Japan, and Korea, and come from an image at The Biodiversity Library. The soft background of flowers is adapted from a painting at the Rijksmuseum — I’m so thankful this inspiring museum allows artists to download some of their exhibits to merge them into our own work. The other texture, which includes the flowers bottom right of the image, is from Kerstin Frank.
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Beautiful image and quotes…..there is nothing quite like a magical butterfly…Enjoy the day and of course keep smiling:) xx
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Much thanks, Janet. Keep smiling, laughing and painting! xx
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Will do and you do the same. xx
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Happiness is a beautiful Butterfly image.
xxx Hugs Galore xxx
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Bless you, David, and hugs galore! xx
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Lovely quotes to start the week Sarah and the prettiest butterfly too! Hope the sun is shining (gently!) on you today 🙂
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Thanks, Jane. The sun is a little gentler, thank you!
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Beautiful image, Sarah. ‘Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.’ – I love that!
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Thank you, Juli. I very nearly used that as my title – it is wonderful, isn’t it!
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This worked very well indeed, Sarah. The muted colours all go together perfectly.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Much thanks, Pete.
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Like everyone else I love the butterfly quote. its a lovely image and, of course, the print to go with it is also lovely. No surprise there. 🙂
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Bless you, Peter.
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Reblogged this on ' Ace Friends News '.
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Robert A. Heinlein sure knew how to write sci fi. Lovely quote from him too.
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Ah, I didn’t know who he was and didn’t bother to check!
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I like the quote about butterflies being self-propelled flowers. I would never have thought of that.
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I nearly used that as the title!
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We’re on the same ‘page’ today, Sarah. Beautiful!
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Indeed! Thank you, Kim.
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The beauty and freedom of butterflies….
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I adore butterflies! Found you via the official Zazzle blog, and I am glad I did. How long have you been working on Zazzle?
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Thank you, and for the follow. I think I’ve been on Zazzle since 2009…but don’t quote me!
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Is there anyone who doesn’t love a butterfly?
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🙂 Probably not!
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