summer haiku d’été – the butterfly bush = le buddleia

summer haiku d’été – the butterfly bush = le buddleia

the butterfly bush
by oil brush –
summerside helix



le buddleia
peinture à l’huile – 
spirale estivale

Richard Vallance

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summer haiku d’été – my fleet butterfly! = quel beau papillon !

summer haiku d’été – my fleet butterfly! = quel beau papillon  !

my fleet butterfly! 
butterflies in my tummy,
I wish I were you



quel beau papillon  !
que tu m’éblouis !
suis-je papillon ?

Richard Vallance

This haiku is dedicated my dear friend, Régis Auffray.

Cet haiku est dédié à mon cher ami, Régis Auffray.

summer haiku – cat in Edo butterflies = chat à Edo papillons

summer haiku – cat in Edo butterflies = chat à Edo papillons

cat in Edo
butterflies in flight –
she’s sound asleep



chatte à Edo
papillons en essor –
quel sommeil profond

Richard Vallance

All new photos of the Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini, by Thalassa Farkas, Canada, 2016: Part C – Theran/Minoan ship

All new photos of the Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini, by Thalassa Farkas, Canada, 2016: Part C – Theran/Minoan ship

Here are two photos of a lovely Theran/Minoan ship, the ultimate in luxury sailing, complete with a canopy and with a bowsprit sporting a sun and a gorgeous little butterfly. What exquisite taste these Therans and Minoans had!