The sun rose cheerily over the horizon, dazzling the world awake with her tanager glow. As the sky slowly came alive with the chromaticity of a new day, cats curled smugly into her warmth, butterflies blessed her rays for keeping them aloft, and people found the missing spring in their step.
Even the moon lover greeted the sunrise as one would greet a faithful, but finite companion. To rise into the light of another day is a now moment, not a given.
©️ 2023
Fun fact: Butterflies need the light from the sun to warm the muscles they use to fly and stay aloft. When temperatures start to dip below 80ºF their flight muscles become stiff.
Mother Wintermoon 
The bird made my day! Great message to seize the day. I especially like the people that found the spring in their step. 😊
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Thank you kindly, David! They were 🎶 “walking on sunshine.” 🎶 😊😎
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There have been so many sunrises but one day there won’t be.
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Thank you kindly for visiting, Simon. Seize the sunrise! We never know when our last sunrise on this mortal coil will be. 🙏
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This is very true… we should treasure them all 🙂
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deep wisdom and such a cute cheeper 🙂
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Thank you, Kate! 🩶🙏🩶
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That bird is all the light I need this morning!
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He’s so bright and beautiful! Thank you for visiting, Rajani 🙏🩶
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Beautiful Bird
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I love it! Thanks for stopping by to enjoy. 🤍
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Well its coming into winter here so I better get out in the sunshine and relax my muscles in its warmth too dear lady or flight I shall not have. A beautiful prose of a world of light, thank you 😀❤️🙏
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Hi Mark! Charge up to fly through the winter. 😊 So glad you alighted here to see me here, dear friend. Abundant blessings of everything good to you. 🙏🩶
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Beautiful prose! I love the vivid imagery you evoke. I also never knew that fact about butterflies… fascinating.
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Thank you! Our little butterfly friends are literally powered by the sun. ☀️🦋 I like the name of your blog. It made think of what my coffee nom de plume would be. Fanciful Frappuccino came to mind. 😄🧋
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My pleasure, and thank you as well! That’s a fun name. Maybe you’ll find occasion to use it one day. 😄
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What a stunning little creature!
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Hi Colleen. Thanks for visiting with me. 🩶🙏 They are so vibrant and eye-catching in their colors of the sun and they need to stay chubby 😊 to migrate long distances from North America to as far as the middle of South America each winter. They catch wasps [to eat] on their wings and their call is a very distinctive chuckling note.
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They are beautiful birds. I live in Michigan and am always on the lookout for the birds. 🌸
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They are in Michigan now…around mid-May. Maybe you will spot one! Let me know if you do and are able to capture it with your lens. They are deep blood orange or yellow and orange like the one in the photo.
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Beautiful bird. And every sunrise is a gift.
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Amen! Thank you for visiting with me. 🙏🩶
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