Haiku: Time to Paint

Peacock Butterfly

a macro shot of a peacock butterfly on purple lilac
a macro shot of a peacock butterfly on purple lilac

ready to paint
september’s butterflies
in the garden

© Xenia Tran

macro shot of a peacock butterfly feeding on a magenta Duddleia

We’re delighted that this haiku is featured in Haiku Dialogue: Poet’s Choice, artist studio, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 18 September 2019. A very big thank you to Kathy Munro for putting this edition together.

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/400 s – ISO 100, f/4 – 1/500 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100.

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37 thoughts on “Haiku: Time to Paint”

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Cathy 🙂💜 We’ve still a few late flowers in bloom and the butterflies seem so happy now the warm weather has returned 🌞🦋 Wishing you a wonderful rest of the day and much love from our house to yours 🤗💖🐕 xxx

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    1. Thank you dear Laurie, we’ve seen a lot more butterflies than in previous years here, including peacock and painted ladies. With changing temperatures they’ve come further north – maybe they’ll visit Maine too in future years 🙂💖🦋 xxx

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Paula and for hosting this lovely challenge 🙂💖🦋 xxx

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