{"id":183,"date":"2007-04-19T19:25:06","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=183"},"modified":"2007-04-19T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T19:25:06","slug":"butterflies-and-violets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies and Violets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Azure butterfly
\non violet in the sun.
\nOne flutters away.<\/p>\n

On my walk today, I saw an Azure Butterfly sitting on top of a violet in a sunbeam. The butterfly’s wings and the violet blossom matched perfectly! I couldn’t tell which was which until the butterfly flew away. If flowers could fly, would they arrange themselves in floating bouquets to attract bees and butterflies and young lovers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Azure butterfly on violet in the sun. One flutters away. On my walk today, I saw an Azure Butterfly sitting on top of a violet in a sunbeam. The butterfly’s wings and the violet blossom matched perfectly! I couldn’t tell which was which until the butterfly flew away. If flowers could fly, would they arrange … Continue reading “Butterflies and Violets”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-diddle-dee-dee"],"yoast_head":"\nButterflies and Violets - Carol's Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Butterflies and Violets - Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Azure butterfly on violet in the sun. One flutters away. On my walk today, I saw an Azure Butterfly sitting on top of a violet in a sunbeam. The butterfly’s wings and the violet blossom matched perfectly! I couldn’t tell which was which until the butterfly flew away. If flowers could fly, would they arrange … Continue reading "Butterflies and Violets"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-04-19T19:25:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"headline\":\"Butterflies and Violets\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-04-19T19:25:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":70,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Hi-diddle-dee-dee\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/\",\"name\":\"Butterflies and Violets - Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-04-19T19:25:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/butterflies-and-violets\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Butterflies and Violets\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"description\":\"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\",\"name\":\"Carol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Carol\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/toadhollowstudio.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Butterflies and Violets - Carol's Drawing Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Butterflies and Violets - Carol's Drawing Blog","og_description":"Azure butterfly on violet in the sun. One flutters away. On my walk today, I saw an Azure Butterfly sitting on top of a violet in a sunbeam. The butterfly’s wings and the violet blossom matched perfectly! I couldn’t tell which was which until the butterfly flew away. If flowers could fly, would they arrange … Continue reading \"Butterflies and Violets\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/","og_site_name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","article_published_time":"2007-04-19T19:25:06+00:00","author":"Carol","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carol"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/"},"author":{"name":"Carol","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"headline":"Butterflies and Violets","datePublished":"2007-04-19T19:25:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/"},"wordCount":70,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"articleSection":["Hi-diddle-dee-dee"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/","name":"Butterflies and Violets - Carol's Drawing Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-04-19T19:25:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/butterflies-and-violets\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Butterflies and Violets"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/","name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","description":"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17","name":"Carol","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Carol"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1"},"description":"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.","sameAs":["http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1r5dp-2X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":187,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/chasing-butterflies\/","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":0},"title":"Chasing Butterflies","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/04\/25","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw three different kinds of butterflies today and I wanted to take photos for a project I'm working on, but just couldn't get close enough. My intuition tells me they are feeding high up in the tops of trees. The elms seem to be blooming right now. I wish\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7292,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2020\/05\/violets-drawing\/","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":1},"title":"Drawing Of Two Violets","author":"Carol","date":"2020\/05\/23","format":false,"excerpt":"The flower that means spring to me more than any other is the violet. They are a little challenging to draw since the green and violet colors are nearly the same value in greyscale though. I plunged in anyway just to get the chance to stare at my favorite spring\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "My Drawings"","block_context":{"text":"My Drawings","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/my-drawings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Violets drawing six by C. Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/violets06-rosinski-300x164.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":161,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/03\/pencil-and-paper\/","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":2},"title":"Pencil and Paper","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/03\/29","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I need to draw with pencil on paper. I need to sit down and just be with my drawing for a while without any self-imposed interruptions. I've been drawing on the computer, and I've been working online changing hosts and setting up a new forum, and I'm computered-out! I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":195,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/05\/tending-my-art-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":3},"title":"Tending my Art Garden","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/05\/01","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had to step away from all my art related creativity and spend some time on other things today. Sometimes it's good to step away from the easel and leave things alone for a while. The roots keep growing even when you tend to other tasks. This has been one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/03\/roots-and-roses\/","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":4},"title":"Roots and Roses","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/03\/09","format":false,"excerpt":"Drawing is my root system. When I draw regularly after a period of not drawing, I'm always amazed at how centered and relaxed I feel again. My time suddenly seems longer, my emotions settle, and I know what I need to do next for my greatest good. It's so easy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":209,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/06\/my-husband-the-artists-model\/","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":5},"title":"My Husband – The Artist's Model","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/06\/26","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sure my husband never thought he'd be an artist's model, but that's what he became when he married me. It was a given. He's a pretty good sport about it, too. He's a bit fidgety while awake but he sleeps like the dead. And in just about any position,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}