Purple Field of Dreams

Butterfly Happily Hopping from One CA Sea Lavender to Another, Torrey Pines- Del Mar Trail

Hopping Happily, happily hoping..... were the first words that came to my mind as we were greeted by butterflies fluttering happily in the sea breeze. These words, "hopping happily, happily hopping" are happy words that I heard first from my fellow TSS (The Salitype Society) sister, Zen of The Letters in November as she compares the beautiful and inspiring story of a resilient grasshopper to our resilience in surviving the woes and strife of life. 

Torrey Pines-Del Mar Trail

The day prior to this, I had shared in my post about how the butterfly was kind enough to wait for me to allow me to take a picture using my cellphone since I forgot to bring a charged battery for my camera.
It never came to my mind that the next day, we would be greeted by too many butterflies. The trail from Torrey Pines- Del Mar on top of the coastal bluffs is one of our most frequented trails in San Diego. This is where we love watching dolphins happily parading or surfing from on top of these bluffs.

We have seen hundreds of dolphins from on top these bluffs, but we never had seen so many butterflies. We usually see a few, but they were always very hard to photograph because they were so elusive. But last Sunday was an exception, photographing the butterflies was a lot easier since there were so many of them, and they seem to be stopping a lot longer on top of the blooms.

Still Happily Hopping and Flying Happily in Tattered Wings

My hubby asked, "how come most of them are so well behaved on top of the blooms?" At first, I answered, "I do not know". Then, after some thoughts, I told my hubby, " could it be because just two weeks ago, this place was still brown? And the CA sea lavender just came back and blossomed? Therefore, these flowers may be full of juicy nectar, that despite our presence and movement, they just do not bother because they so enjoy the sweet taste of life?"

As I was trying to explain that, my hubby was nodding, and with excitement, I stopped to type in my cellphone these few lines: 

Fresh CA Sea Lavender Bloom

With the purple field slowly coming back

Flocks of butterflies rush in

Fluttering happily in the sea breeze

Joyfully hopping from one lavender to another

Savoring the sweet, fresh taste of the nectar of life!

Bliss!

We live in such a wonderful world!

Now, I can't wait for our next opportunity to happily dance again in this purple field of dreams!!

♥♥