tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post3231759936316823913..comments2024-03-10T04:15:59.846-04:00Comments on Violet Sky: seen everywhereVioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-79543543336921383202015-07-21T07:43:49.309-04:002015-07-21T07:43:49.309-04:00I've said on Finn's page that I was glad t...I've said on Finn's page that I was glad to see the Monarch caterpillar on a stamp; your Canadian stamp is more colourful. 'The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.'Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-34748757222723915572015-07-20T08:18:06.577-04:002015-07-20T08:18:06.577-04:00Cool. I am a big fan of butterflies and have plant...Cool. I am a big fan of butterflies and have planted a lot of butterfly-friendly plants.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-88894937983647055992015-07-19T23:25:44.264-04:002015-07-19T23:25:44.264-04:00Oh wow! It's a wonderful surprise to see a cat...Oh wow! It's a wonderful surprise to see a caterpillar on a stamp :DMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742777265021634232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-3152016443105168842015-07-19T15:47:58.862-04:002015-07-19T15:47:58.862-04:00Well, being so picky - or specific - doesn't h...Well, being so picky - or specific - doesn't help the Monarchs.<br />These insect stamps are my favourites, too.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-8121859239006365062015-07-19T15:43:46.484-04:002015-07-19T15:43:46.484-04:00Thanks for including this poem. I feel like I shou...Thanks for including this poem. I feel like I should have known more about this butterfly.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-11372749285075939562015-07-19T15:42:27.952-04:002015-07-19T15:42:27.952-04:00you are probably right - and with more research, I...you are probably right - and with more research, I found that the undersides of their wings are a 'mustardy yellow' while only the upper are white.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-35258932236837800842015-07-19T14:05:29.984-04:002015-07-19T14:05:29.984-04:00Amazing when some butterfly species are in such de...Amazing when some butterfly species are in such decline the cabbage white is so prolific. I've just thought it's not often one sees caterpillars on stamps and now two have appeared on Suday Stamps already. The low value definitives are one of my favourites.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253875352864018195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-36896750701134856942015-07-19T13:49:53.744-04:002015-07-19T13:49:53.744-04:00Hello fellow Tour de France watcher!
Oh I know abo...Hello fellow Tour de France watcher!<br />Oh I know about cabbage whites. They play havoc with my cabbages. Did you know there's a poem about them:<br /><br />"The butterfly, a cabbage-white,<br />(His honest idiocy of flight)<br />Will never now, it is too late,<br />Master the art of flying straight,<br />Yet has- who knows so well as I?-<br />A just sense of how not to fly:<br />He lurches here and here by guess<br />And God and hope and hopelessness.<br />Even the acrobatic swift<br />Has not his flying-crooked gift." <br /><br />Robert GravesLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-4635504306176975012015-07-19T09:14:00.609-04:002015-07-19T09:14:00.609-04:00Having looked at quite a few sheets of Netherlands...Having looked at quite a few sheets of Netherlands stamps over the last few years, I am sure that more of those yellow butterflies can be seen in the selvage. <br /><br />Thanks for showing a caterpillar - I like this stripy guy!FinnBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623312291708136478noreply@blogger.com