"Two Ways of Seeing — Where Nourishment Begins 🦋🌸
These images were taken a few years ago, yet they continue to meet me exactly where I am.
From a distance, everything feels complete. A monarch butterfly resting on a zinnia — wings open, body…"

"Two Ways of Seeing — Held in Full Bloom 🦋🌸
These images were taken a few years ago, yet they continue to meet me exactly where I am.
From a distance, everything feels complete.
A monarch butterfly resting on a zinnia — wings open, body settled,…"

"Quiet Purpose, Steady Nourishment 🐝🌸
This image was captured years ago, yet it keeps offering new lessons each time I return to it.
Soft pinks and pale greens fill the frame — gentle, calming colours that don’t demand attention, but invite you…"

"Taking in the Whole — When Everything Belongs🦋🌸
I’ve returned to this moment more than once, and each time it meets me differently.
At first glance, the whole scene feels complete.
A monarch butterfly resting on a zinnia — wings intact, posture…"

"The Quiet Work of Nourishment — Where Healing Happens🦋🌸
I’ve returned to this moment more than once, and each time it meets me differently.
At first glance, the whole scene feels complete.
A monarch butterfly resting on a zinnia — wings intact,…"

"🦋 Still Here. Still Open. Still Nourishing.
I took this image years ago — and only later did I understand what it was quietly teaching me.
The wings are fully open, almost completely covering the flower beneath. At first glance, it’s hard to tell:…"

"🦋 Quiet Nourishment, Quiet Strength 🌼
Years after this image was taken, its message feels even clearer.
A Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris rapae) rests gently on a cluster of yellow Lantana flowers. The butterfly’s head is pressed close to the…"

"🌿 Focused Growth, Shared Beauty 🌼
Looking back at this image years later, I see how much quiet wisdom was already there.
🐝 The bumblebee isn’t performing.
It isn’t rushing. It isn’t comparing itself to the flowers around it.
It’s simply about its…"

"🦋 Preparing to Nourish — A Reflection on Wellness, Depth, and Knowing When to Move On
Seen years later, this image speaks differently.
The monarch rests for just a moment — not fully still, not fully gone.
Its proboscis curls inward, a quiet signal…"

"🦋 More Than Paper-Thin: When Light Reveals Strength
From a distance, the monarch once appeared almost paper-thin — fragile, light, easy to miss.
But time — and light — tell a different story.
✨ When sunlight touches the folded wings, depth is…"

"❄️ A winter trail, carved step by step.
Looking back, the path through the snow is never a straight line.
It bends. It twists. It adapts to what was beneath it.
And yet — it moves forward.
🤍 White snow surrounds the trail, quiet and open.
White…"

"✨ Reaching the Center ✨
A Reflection on Nourishment, Presence, and Transformation
Looking back at this image now, years later, it feels even more intentional—almost instructional in what it quietly teaches.
🦋 A Monarch butterfly, wings open in warm…"

"🦋 Red Admiral on Crimson & Gold
I took this image years ago.
Today, it feels like it’s speaking back.
The Red Admiral—bold, weathered, resilient—rests without hurry. Its proboscis enters the flower, not as a demand, but as a quiet agreement with…"

"One of those images that has a matching image — shared together, with purpose.
https://ilfjl.com/Groups/just-oshawa/Pics-In-Oshawa/monarch-butterf..."

"One of those images that has a matching image — shared together, with purpose.
https://ilfjl.com/Groups/just-oshawa/Pics-In-Oshawa/monarch-butterf..."