My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
I have a number of interesting hobbies, such as fossil collecting, sport-kite flying, 3D and 2D close-up photography, holography, and pets. Most of all, I am into holistic self-awareness, spontaneous insight, unconventional observation/direct perception, mindfulness, meditation, world peace, non-fragmentation, population control, vegetarianism, and green energy.
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Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog 
Nice shot! It looks like the butterfly is getting ready to protect its flower from the invading enemy!
Thanks! It’s actually an older Black Swallowtail at the end of the season… and they get along fine with the local vegetarian grasshoppers. Butterflies who have been around for quite a while get wings that are frayed at their bottom edges… due to all the endless flapping and beating of the wings around flowers while searching for nectar. 😉
Don’t we all get worn out eventually searching for the thing that drives and nourishes us? She’s still beautiful, even in her “mature” state!