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| Catalina Trail, January 2, 1975, the day she and Ken Brugger “discovered” the Monarch butterfly overwintering sites Photo copyright Catalina Trail |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/14/mexican-monarch-butterfly-numbers
http://www.cafleurebon.com/new-niche-fragrance-review-ramon-monegal-pure-mariposa-encounters-with-butterflies-draw/
A brief excerpt of the post is here..
.....The ephemeral butterfly is a
symbol of the psyche. Butterflies exemplify grace, flight, and are a reminder
to live life to the fullest. Their lifecycle is a journey of constant change
and adaptation that involves incredible hard work, profound stillness, and
ultimately a miraculous transformation. I found many moving stories written
about encounters with butterflies that appear soon after the death of a loved
one; survivors know that the butterfly represents the life force of the
departed. While writing this, I began to notice images of butterflies
everywhere I went, on my son’s lunch box; the framed print above my dining
table that illustrates the four stages of metamorphosis. A film that tracked
the migration patterns of the Monarch butterflies, they fly south to Mexico by
the millions, and Odilon Redon’s symbolic paintings inspired me. At the office
I spotted a butterfly print on a lonely shelf with a Matsuo Basho haiku that
reads, “Wake butterfly, it’s late, we’ve miles to go together.”
