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May 20th 2020

mourning cloak passing wing beats of a butterfly the softest of drums

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Heidi Sands

Date: 6/21/2020 9:45:00 AM

This is great . I read it a few times. Well done ! I hope all is well :)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/21/2020 5:28:00 PM

Thank you Heidi! I do so love the sound of wings... save mosquito wings, ug! I hope all is well with you too Lovely, thank you, mo hugs

Frances Schiavina

Date: 6/10/2020 10:29:00 AM

Admirable is your compassion for all life immortalizing beauty of its rhythm and sadness of its passing.

Bette Bavington

Date: 6/9/2020 1:36:00 PM

This is so good. I love Butterflies. They are so cool. The way they flap their wings is beauty in flight especially when they visit me in the morning cool light. Thank you for the visit.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2020 7:04:00 AM

Thank you Bette! I do too. I managed to nurse and release 3 Monarchs last year, this year I have potted up some of my milkweeds in hopes to raise as many as I can indoors to give them the best chance; I think the picked leaves did not give them enough moisture. Had our first visit yesterday! xomo

Danka Sikorska

Date: 5/24/2020 7:14:00 AM

Never thought about it this way but love the comparison!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/28/2020 5:51:00 PM

Thank you Danka :) ~mo

Mark Koplin

Date: 5/23/2020 8:27:00 AM

That is a beautiful Haiku. What a peaceful thought. I love it. A new fav

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/23/2020 11:38:00 AM

Thank you Mark! Delighted you love it. I think I'm finally getting the hang of these ku things... of course now that I've said that...

Panagiota Romios

Date: 5/23/2020 4:02:00 AM

Oh, I can hear those soft drums. A FAv and beautiful. Panagiota ))

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/23/2020 7:58:00 AM

Thank you Panagiota! I hope you do hear them today :))) xomo

Eve Roper

Date: 5/23/2020 12:52:00 AM

oh, nice one, good luck in the contest. Eve

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/23/2020 7:57:00 AM

Thank you Eve! I should have entered it ;), I hope you hear some butterfly wings today. xomo

Anthony Biaanco

Date: 5/22/2020 6:08:00 PM

seventeen bright stars for pigeon tart one for each syllable charted

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/23/2020 7:57:00 AM

Thank you Anthony! It is the little wonders that fill me the most. Have a lovely day, I hope you are graced by a butterfly today. xomo

Swetha Vangaveti

Date: 5/22/2020 5:22:00 PM

The wings of the butterfly are playing soft music in the ears at this odd hour when I'm struggling to sleep!!! Soft, soothing and comforting :)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/23/2020 7:55:00 AM

I hope the lullaby worked :) Thank you Swetha! xomo

V. Deepa

Date: 5/22/2020 10:38:00 AM

Aah..Such a clear imagery with soft touch. Beats of butterfly softest of drums.:-) Loved it mam:-) Take care.With regards~Deepa

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/23/2020 7:54:00 AM

Thank you Deepa! xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 5/22/2020 8:39:00 AM

Homing Pigeon, versus Homey Pigeon? Either way, Maureen has a music, tintinnabulation of bells (Poe)- shalom and Paz, Anil Deo

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/22/2020 9:01:00 AM

I have two old homies, a white and a pied, Indian Collared doves, so not being homers I can't let them out. I want a Giant Runt next! Someday maybe a flock of fancy homers...

Winged Warrior

Date: 5/22/2020 8:24:00 AM

Nothing better to see than a butterfly flapping its wings under a beautiful spring sky...great imagery Mo...all the best my friend...^WW^ :o)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/22/2020 8:31:00 AM

...or wings whispering in the woods ;), Have a lovely day my Wing'ed friend. xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 5/22/2020 12:47:00 AM

You did it again with WINGS! Mo, Monarch butterflies leave Canada for Mexico & the THIRD generation returns to the same spot, via USA, and not ever having been there! Amazing they lives a few months at most (Many other sub-species, for only 6 weeks). So, tinier than hummingbirds, they shame us (men?) by navigating without GPS other than what Mother U gave them. Hallelujah (Mom, I must thank JC, ok?)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/22/2020 6:44:00 AM

...and then there's the homers! My name ain't for nothin' ;),

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/22/2020 6:42:00 AM

Oh the Monarchs! I have been cultivating a milkweed patch just for them. Last year I managed to fledge three fron my indoor nursery. This year I'm planning to pot up some plants and raise as many intrars indoors as I can to give them the best chance. Mama butterfly mo ;), Thank you bro! xomo

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/21/2020 8:14:00 PM

The butterflies are undaunted; you have expressed this well.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:25:00 PM

They are magnificent creatures aren't they? Thank you Caren. Have a lovely evening! xomo

Rico Leffanta

Date: 5/21/2020 1:59:00 PM

Certainly a whisper of things to come, including the passing of a Mourning Cloak! As for your dog business, WHO have confirmed dogs get and pass COVID-19, so offer pet owners a Sanitizing Bath Special and you will probably have your hands full! Aloha! Rico

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:14:00 PM

I have (had, d'oh!) not heard that yet. I shampoo mine once a month for mange that's bad enough, she hates it. Cute though, she sounds like when doves cry ;), RSD xomo!

Arturo Michael

Date: 5/21/2020 1:39:00 PM

Nice imagery and sound... a soft patting drum

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:11:00 PM

Birds, butterflies, bats, winging bliss! Not those mosquitoes though. Hell no ;))))) xomo!

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 5/21/2020 1:29:00 PM

Love the contrast of 'soft drums' of butterfly wings, more of a caressing feel-

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:09:00 PM

A sublime caress, gave me a high ;), Thank you Michelle! xomo

Ilene Bauer

Date: 5/21/2020 12:58:00 PM

love it, maureen! perfect!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 1:12:00 PM

Thank you Ilene! (and thank you to the mourning cloaks in the woods yesterday) xomo

Jeff Connelly

Date: 5/21/2020 12:13:00 PM

It has been interesting Pigeon Tart that from the start of people being quarantined, Nature is taking back exactly what has always been hers. I am an essential worker and so haven't been quarantined, so I get to go out and see the wonderous take over, or taking back of such simple things as your butterfly's wing beats. Bless you.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 12:28:00 PM

Having a dog means I get out every day, having anxiety and brain flooding means I've been self isolating for years, so not much has changed for me except extra anxiety shopping and loss of dog clients. Brain doing much better though. I may even be a little closer to normal if and when normal returns ;). Hugs you! xomo

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 12:25:00 PM

Hello Jeff! What lovely timing! Yesterday was the first day the parks were opened for more than just walk throughs under threat of steep fines. I'm just back from my walk now, today it was the mosquito explosion, less happy to see them, but I do love my insectivores, gotta take the good with the bad...

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 5/21/2020 8:52:00 AM

I can feel the wings of the butterfly, playing on my eardrum. It’s amazing what we can experience when we take time to be still.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:56:00 AM

You just made me think of something; I should make a bumper sticker patch for my butt, "I brake for wing beats" ;), Thank you Rick! I hope you hear a butterfly today. xomo!