成蝶

谢谢静水美才女欢快的美曲。 随便写两行应景。：）

现在从那里走过，看到夹杂着几片枯叶的绿桉树，似乎满树蝴蝶振翅欲飞。有意思的是，蝴蝶的确很爱栖息在桉树上。

女儿手工做了paper-mache Easter eggs, 穿成bracelet, 周六逛mall 时不小心走丢了，有点upset。 昨天又做了一串更漂亮的。

无尘好。

我从来不知道蝴蝶喜欢桉树； 真是开轩有益！

我也喜欢桉树。在国内曾吃过桉叶糖（三十年前了），味道比薄荷糖丰厚而美。加州有许多桉树，听说还有香叶树。住在加州可真好。
我这边也见过桉树，常是种在盆里的，因为冬天不挪进室内会冻坏。有一次我去 downtown 一家小店，后院宽敞，却空不置物，只放一盆小树，叶子圆圆的，蓝绿色，娴雅地疏疏落落，像个窈窕秀女，太讨人喜欢了。那时我尚不知那是桉树，问卖不卖，答曰不卖。看得出主人喜欢那树，所以整个后院才空着。后来又知道，桉树成年后，树叶就变成柳叶似的长形。有时可见一棵桉树上既有圆叶也有长叶。我买过两棵桉树，一棵栽在外面冬天冻死了，又买一棵放在屋里，却长不好。

桉树叶的气味太好闻了。在北美，桉树油精（eucalyptus extract）很常见。 澳洲多桉树，koala 拿它当食物吃得醉醺醺的。

得以跟蝴蝶考拉为伍，与有荣焉。

加州海边Santa Cruz 小镇附近的 Natural Bridges State Beach 是看蝴蝶的好去处，10月---2月，有兴趣吗？ 那里海景也漂亮。：）    多年前去过，桉树上挂满蝴蝶，层层叠叠。

www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=541

“Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve-A Welcoming Winter Home

The park's Monarch Grove provides a temporary home for up to 100,000 Monarchs. From late fall into winter, the Monarchs form a "city in the trees." The area's mild seaside climate and eucalyptus grove provide a safe place for monarchs to roost until spring.

In the spring and summer, the butterflies live in the valley regions west of the Rocky Mountains where the monarch's companion plant, milkweed, is found. For most of the year, where there are monarchs, there are also milkweed plants. Monarchs drink nectar from milkweed flowers, and female monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed leaves. Milkweed contains a toxin that, when ingested by the caterpillar, makes it toxic to other animals. These toxins remain in the butterfly as well, providing protection from predators that would otherwise eat the monarchs. ”


milliontrees.me/2013/11/01/monarch-butterflies-in-california-need-eucalyptus-trees-for-their-winter-roost/

Eucalypts are the preferred trees for over-wintering monarchs: “Three types of trees were used most frequently by roosting monarchs: eucalyptus (75% of the habitats primarily Eucalyptus globulus), pine (20% of the habitats primarily Pinus radiata), and cypress (16% of the habitats Cupressus macrocarpa). Twelve other tree species were identified…with a combined prevalence of only 10%.”

小溪好！才进来，才看见你 posted 蝴蝶，真好看！颜色和悦。

太有兴趣了。 要不，十年践一言...

蝶梦 - 致友人


我的梦在四月生长
直到六月
在蓝天和碧水间栖息
鸽子一样 对视雪的荣光
大山般地厚重和久长

终于 生出了翅膀
结子于墨西哥的晚上
在若干个冬季后 逐北飞翔
绽开她们钻石的心
为明天和爱激扬

来吧，在静夜
在远方

溪山，你是多么幸福啊！往复在这样慧心和静气的朋友间。为你们鼓掌！祝大家心情快乐自由，诸事安泰如意！

欣见蓝图！

喜读阳光美丽的诗句。这周末异常忙碌，容我下周慢慢回。问好诸位朋友，祝大家周末愉快！

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." --- Mark Twain

蓝蓝好！   一言为定，等你来，同去赏蝶。。。  

如阳光所言，“往复在这样慧心和静气的朋友间”，确是福分。 多谢各位！

蝶梦 - 致友人
by Immanuel

我的梦在四月生长
直到六月
在蓝天和碧水间栖息
鸽子一样 对视雪的荣光
大山般地厚重和久长

终于 生出了翅膀
结子于墨西哥的晚上
在若干个冬季后 逐北飞翔
绽开她们钻石的心
为明天和爱激扬

来吧，在静夜
在远方


Butterfly Dream -- To My Friends
by Immanuel

my dream grows in April
by June
it rests between the azure sky and blue water
like a dove, gazing at the glorious snow
like a mountain, solid and eternal

wings finally come out
and fruits are borne on a Mexican evening
after some winters, a northward journey takes flight
their diamond hearts unfold blossoms
dancing for tomorrow, for love

come, in the quiet night
in a faraway land

Tr. Xishanchen

铁木兰是经典。温情脉脉，亲情浓浓。中有一幕，母亲哭笑可算是演技的至高境界。你们一定要看要写。

Bravo!

Just spotted the movie in the new additions on Netflix.

I am planning to watch it again..