Butt Or Fly?

Anytime a monarch butterfly comes near, it gets your attention.  I was standing on the lake shore in the glaring sunlight, trying to ease close enough to take its picture in the shade, where it had retreated from the heat.

Glaring sunlight tends to washes out display screens, and it wasn't until a bit later that I noticed what else I had captured...

Trash and foot traffic (see the footprint?)... either one can put an end to an unwary creature of beauty.

Have a preference?





There were two butterflies, actually, and the other one was a lot more cautious.  It would stay some distance away from me, cook in the sunlight for a few minutes, then retreat to the nearby woods to recover.  Less fun for me, but certainly safer for it.

If butterflies represent transformation, and shade represents our comfort zone, what's the lesson here?