Mr. Physocarpus opulifolius (Coppertina Tree) and Ms. Butterfly

T he author, Richard Bach (Jonanthon Livingston Seagull), has observed that "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly". With all the recent rhetoric surrounding Harold Camper's prediction that the world would end this past Saturday, May 21st 2011, Bachs' quote came to my mind today, when I caught a glimpse of this beautiful butterfly, which was playing with the flowers of the Physocarpus opulifolius (Coppertina Tree - a tree that you may have read about in two previous entries on this blog and which you may reread by clicking here and here).
In any event, as you may recall, dear reader, my Physocarpus opulifolius stands in the northwest corner of my terrace garden, overseeing the comings and goings of my herbs, vines, plants, shrubs and trees, and from time to time he makes observations about life in my urban terrace garden, which is evident in the aforementioned posts. It is not a complete surprise that the butterfly chose my Physocarpus opulifolius as a landing spot today. Perhaps the butterfly sensed the Physocarpus opulifolius was feeling neglected and wanted to give him some attention, or, perhaps, the butterfly wanted to tease my Physocarpus opulifolius. I say this because according to the late comedian, George Carlin,"The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity", and it seems, like the caterpillar, my Physocarpus opulifolius has publicity issues too.


Hopefully Mr. Physocarpus opulifolius will feel better about life in an urban garden when I finish making a movie about him as the spotlight seemed to help my Acttinida kolomikta's (Kiwi Vine) outlook on life. Have you seen my movie about him yet? Please click here for the blog post which gives the details, and please continue to follow this blog for updates on the release of the movie about Mr. Physocarpus opulifolius — if he can tear himself away from this beautiful butterfly to concentrate on the lines in his film script!