Immortal Beauty. Aglais io, European Peacock Butterfly, on Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare, Océ-weerd, Meuse Corridor, Venlo, The Netherlands
Well, immortality twice here on the banks of the Meuse River! First, of course, alluded to by the name of Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare, said to have been derived from the Greek 'athanasia' for immortal. And then, too, Peacock Butterfly; the Peacock in the Christian tradition is a symbol for the immortality of the flesh.
Yet, before long Autumn will have given way to Winter...
But Peacock will likely survive in hibernation, and its flowering Tansy will remain in dried form. Immortals both...
Immortal Beauty. Aglais io, European Peacock Butterfly, on Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare, Océ-weerd, Meuse Corridor, Venlo, The Netherlands
Well, immortality twice here on the banks of the Meuse River! First, of course, alluded to by the name of Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare, said to have been derived from the Greek 'athanasia' for immortal. And then, too, Peacock Butterfly; the Peacock in the Christian tradition is a symbol for the immortality of the flesh.
Yet, before long Autumn will have given way to Winter...
But Peacock will likely survive in hibernation, and its flowering Tansy will remain in dried form. Immortals both...