The Butterfly Effect

I finally got a “good” picture of a butterfly. Butterflies that fly around me everyday just make me happy. They remind me of the extravagant beauty in nature. This post also a more serious side – the work of Edward N. Lorenz.
“If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, it might produce a tornado in Texas. Unlikely as it seems, the tiny currents that a butterfly creates travel across thousands of miles, jostling other breezes as they go and eventually changing the weather.”
I found this quote written on a scrap of paper in my thoughts pile of papers. A little googling brought this result: 

Edward Norton Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008) was an American mathematician and meteorologist, and a pioneer of chaos theory.  He discovered the strange attractor notion and coined the term butterfly effect. He built a mathematical model of the way air moves around in the atmosphere.  So I’m
thinking about cause, effect, chaos and oneness today.

New house surprises

kitchen window January

kitchen window in July

The butterfly bush covers the whole window

butterfly bush flowers and yellow lillies

Part of the fun of a new home is to see what comes up and blooms as the seasons change. This butterfly bush just grew and grew until it was above the window..now it pushing at the roof overhang. It is very popular with the bees, butterflies and even a few hummingbirds. Nature keeps me amused.