March 14 = Learn About Butterflies Day

CATERPILLARS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 1

BUTTERFLIES ARE FEATURED IN VOL 1

On this unofficial holiday (Learn About Butterflies Day) it's good to remember words of wisdom from Jonathan Livingston Seagull who once stated, "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly."

With 2019's official onset of spring (in this hemisphere) occurring next week, it's an especially wonderful time to become acquainted with these insects. Both have visited my rooftop garden and are included in my collection of fauna-flora-insect-themed postcards (images of these cards are posted atop this entry).

Moreover, these insects are featured in volume one of my book series, Words In Our Beak.

MY BOOK SERIES

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Volume One: ISBN: 9780996378529
Book Seller Info: http://bit.ly/2AFZDCz
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2zxVujM
Barnes & Noble On-Line: http://bit.ly/2AAnB26
book culture On Columbus (a bookstore on the UWS in NYC): http://bit.ly/2FsC1Uf

Volume Two: ISBN: 9780996378536
Book Seller Info: http://bit.ly/2q75g8e
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DY0mz0
Barnes & Noble On-Line: http://bit.ly/2G65m6H

Volume Three: ISBN: 978099637853

Book Seller Info: http://bit.ly/2IzH2iu

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2IYkmpA
Barnes & Noble On-Line: http://bit.ly/2vedQot

EACH OF THESE BOOKS CAN BE ORDERED FROM ANY PLACE SELLING BOOKS BY GIVING THEM THE TITLE, OR ISBN, OR MY NAME, PATRICIA YOUNGQUIST.

The Inspiration of Lewis Carroll (PRESENTATION UPDATE)

A SLIDE FOM MY PRESENTATION

As I mentioned in a prior entry here on Blogger, I am scheduled to give a talk at an assembly that is taking place at an all boys lower prep school.

My talk will be on all the wild birds featured in book series: Words In Our Beak. 

I will have a number of slides for the students to view via a presentation that I created in the Keynote Ap on my Mac.

Twenty-one bird types are included and each variety begins with a given bird asking, "Who am I?"

As I prepared the upcoming presentation, a caterpillar's question to Alice (in Lewis Carroll's famous book) re who she was came to my mind (as evidenced in the image atop this entry).

The 2016 Advent Season begins today.

Today, Sunday, November the 27th 2016, marks the beginning of a new liturgical year with The Season of Advent.

Deltiology is the term for the study of postcards. Who knew? AND Why post info re this now?

Some of you may recognize the first image atop this blog entry. It shows the front of a postcard that features a picture of Cam, a cardinal who has been a frequent visitor to my rooftop garden in NYC (which she discovered from the tree tops that are in my courtyard.)

The picture has also been featured on Brian Lehrer's NY Values Board for WNYC, as well as in my cyber-venues (Blogger, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, tumblr and Twitter). Moreover, this particular photograph is included in the book, Words In Our Beak Volume One, that I wrote with Cam.

Our book is set in my urban garden and it is currently available in Apple's iBooks Store and in the ePub or Kindle book department of Amazon. Words In Our Beak Volume One has been reviewed in both of those venues and also by members of Goodreads. At this time, I am assisting Cam by converting our book into a format that will be reproduced into a limited run of soft snd hardcover versions.

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

The 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, for I caught a glimpse of this beautiful butterfly playing with the flowers of the Physocarpus opulifolius (Coppertina Tree ).

This is a tree that you may have read about in previous entries on my blog, and which you may refer to by clicking here and here. In any event, as you may recall, dear reader, my Physocarpus opulifolius stands in the northwest corner of my rooftop garden, overseeing the comings and goings of my herbs, vines, plants, shrubs as well as other 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."  

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 now that a butterfly alighting upon his flowers is the subject of one of my garden-themed movies.

ANNOUNCEMENT: It has just been bought to my attention that my coppertina (who now lives in a different garden) and I made an error in identifying the butterfly who visited here in 2011! 

Many thanks to Brenda Dziedzic for bringing it to my attention! Upon seeing a Virtual Story (mini-mini) of mine, Ms. Dziedzic had this to say: "The Monarch Butterfly Comes to New York video is cute, but it is not a Monarch. It's an American Lady." 

I have now made the correction, and the video can be viewed by clicking here.