In vain one tries to teach a caterpillar how to fly,

It is better to guide one to face it's fear to die,

Only to emerge a Butterfly now ready for life in the sky.

2010 was a boon year for these butterflies in my garden. I had a dozen chrysalis in all manner of morphs at any one time. In this image you can see the new green chrysalis coloration, one that’s about ready to emerge (the clear one), and a butterfly that’s already come out. They will hang for hours and dry their wings and are, in fact, quite fragile.

Suzanne D. Williams

Metamorphosis 

A Life's Journey

In vain one tries to teach a caterpillar how to fly,

It is better to guide one to face it's fear to die,

What many may think is their final tomb,



Metamorphosis

A Life's Journey

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