Yellow Swallowtail

I am posting this in honor of Butterfly Days in our local community of Mariposa Ca. A group of Spanish explorers named a small creek Mariposa Creek after they found large swarms of butterflies around the areas where the creek flowed. A settlement followed next to the creek and adopted the name. The Spanish word for butterfly is Mariposa and the area still has lots of butterflies. Mariposan’s honor their namesake by devoting a weekend filled with festivities, art’s and crafts, music, good food and the release of hand-raised butterflies. Enjoy your weekend and stay healthy. Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July

Wheels of Fortune….?

We all are exposed to an ever growing number of advertisements that constantly try to create new desires that haven’t been there before. No matter if you live in Communist (capitalistic) China or Capitalistic America or any state in Europe, the economies have to constantly grow they say, otherwise we are in trouble. Yet, our planet has only finite resources, but the wealthy top 1% are pushing their wheels of fortune. Shouldn’t it be possible to design economies that are healthy without constant growth and the environmental disasters wheeling towards us? Really, who cares about the 1%…. I am sure they don’t care about us and our’s planet future.

Mono County

I have an enlargement of this in my house. It’s one of my favorites and not only reminds me of a great photo adventure with good friends but is also very calming and serine for me.

Ich habe eine Vergrößerung davon in meinem Haus. Es ist einer meiner Favoriten und erinnert mich nicht nur an ein tolles Fotoabenteuer mit guten Freunden, sondern ist für mich auch sehr beruhigend und heiter.

Agapanthus

A week of Spring and Wildflower photography is coming next week to passion for photos.com.I am looking forward to seeing what my photographer friends will share of their collection of flower images.
I my yard the agapanthus started to blossom. I photographed them and used a watercolor and blur filter to create this image. Enjoy!