White Admiral Butterfly a familiar friend, still full of surprises! Is it strange to feel we’ve known them better, even in just a few short weeks, for having observed their passage from youth to age, having seen the marks and scars of life’s difficulties visibly materialize, written in graceful acceptance in butterfly scales?

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