In one of my many excursions into the hidden forest of Jimme’ I would often find myself taking a turn and walking down an unplanned path. The path I chose this day was narrow, with tall grasses and loose foliage hanging along both sides of the ever narrowing trail.<\/p>\n
It was a dull lit day with a sustained overcast due to endless clouds that covered the sky. As I continued further my attention was drawn just up the trail\u00a0to some movement on\u00a0my left. Slowly moving closer, I noticed a\u00a0small repetitious fluttering motion, I could see that it was a Monarch Butterfly (the trained eye would identify this butterfly as a Viceroy-distinguished by the black line across the bottom wings.)<\/p>\n
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Monarch Butterfly Finger Pointing Toward the Sky<\/p><\/div>\n
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I immediately began snapping as many photos as I could because it was rare for a Monarch\/Viceroy to allow me to get so close and not be spooked by my presents.<\/p>\n
Occasional sun-rays would penetrate the clouded overcast and provide\u00a0 periods\u00a0of \u00a0welcomed sunlight.<\/p>\n
After returning home and starting to review the photos, I did not \u00a0notice anything striking about the butterfly. However, when my wife looked at the photographs she got rather excited. She asked… “doesn’t this branch look like a hand and the butterfly\u00a0are sitting on the tip of\u00a0the index\u00a0finger?”<\/p>\n
On my second look at all the photos, yes indeed, the branch does look like a hand and it does look like the Monarch was perched on the tip of a finger\u00a0pointing skyward.<\/p>\n
The whole scene, with the sunlight serving\u00a0to back-light the butterfly wings, looked more like a handcrafted, stained glass\u00a0artist\u00a0sculpture.<\/p>\n
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