Silver-spotted Skipper

Summer Solstice on My Own Terms

Why I choose to observe Summer Solstice on a different day and the gossamer-winged wonders that celebrate it.

Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nortthern Pearly-Eye · Silver-spotted Skipper · summer solstice · White-faced Meadowhawk

Initiating the butterfly effect, literally and figuratively, so spread hope and goodwill.

Tags: Butterfly Effect · Giant Swallowtail · Great Spangled Fritillary · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Red Admiral · Silver-spotted Skipper

Returning to my “Beauty Can Be a Contagion” series of posts to ring in the New Year.

Tags: Eastern Comma · Long Dash Skipper · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Omicron · pandemic · Silver-spotted Skipper

A brief escape to nature in this unpredecented time of upheavel.

Tags: Baltimore Checkerspot · Black Swallotwail · butterfly · Canadian Tiger Swallowtail · Great Spangled Fritillary · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Milbert's Tortoiseshell · Orange Sulphur · Silver-spotted Skipper

Singing the praises of Mother Nature’s more subtle works of art.

Tags: butterfly · Clouded Sulphur · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Northern Pearly-Eye · plain jane · Silver-spotted Skipper

Tiny packages of nature’s grandeur hidden in the undergrowth of a wildflower meadow.

Tags: Arctic Skipper · butterfly · Dreamy Duskywing · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Silver-spotted Skipper · skipper · summer retrospective · Tawny-edged Skipper