A Late Emergence~

~Nature...oh so beautiful and always the unexpected, even in the beauty and timing~

I am linking up with Mary for:

"Mosaic Monday"

at:http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com

On October 15, I had taken my 89 year old father-in-law home after an outing. 
Monday mornings are our time. 
As I was getting him safely into his back door, I happened to notice something hanging from the aluminum siding of his home. 
That part of the house hardly ever gets any sunlight and with below normal temperatures...what I was thinking that it was, would never survive.
As I was leaving, I felt of the very cold
chrysalis hanging there. 

A fruitless effort, I imagined, but why not. 

I gently removed the sac from the house and placed it into the warmth of my hand.  I held it there, all the way to my twin sister's home, where I would then take care of her needs for the next couple of hours, as she is also home bound. 

The sun was shinning beautifully and so I thought...maybe I shall just place the

chrysalis into a shallow dish, upon the dashboard and see what happens...

When I left my sisters and got into the car, the chrysalis was in the dish...
empty;')
A beautiful Monarch Butterfly had emerged and was on my front seat, just basking in the sun.
I was amazed, awestruck, surprised and also concerned, for the weather here had really turned cold early and this Monarch was going to have a disadvantage, for the flowers were all just about spent.
I drove the nearly 30 miles home and then spent the next 3 hours observing and photographing this beauty.
It would climb upon my finger, if I placed it near.  I then would allow it to crawl onto a variety of Sedum and a few stray vibrant Cone Flowers, everything else in the gardens were pretty well shriveled and spent for the season.  Every time, it would crawl upon my finger, I could tell how cold it was to touch.
After 2 hours had passed, I  saw another butterfly warming itself on our fence, and so I finally gave this beauty the same chance and it warmed itself there and would crawl closer to the top of the rail every few minutes.
Finally after 3 hours, it flew up and without warning, whoosh it was gone.  It flew up into one of our Dogwood trees.
My heart was filled with joy, and wonder...and then...that fast a male Cardinal flew up, and grabbed it...gone, just like that...my heart was full of such emotion, words still cannot describe,...
Thankful that I could help give it life as a butterfly, even for 3 hours and I had desired all along to see it fly, and it did...
Life in nature, you just have to accept it...beauty and all~
Happy weekend~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you see it...there it goes, brief life, brief flight...handled with care...we should all take in that lesson~