carpe diem

One morning, while munching on my breakfast at our back porch I saw two white butterflies dancing around the flowers in bloom on our potted plants. I have always been fascinated with butterflies especially when I see them flying around unexpectedly. In these day and age I consider them little blessings to our everyday lives. Those creatures are a joy to watch! Too bad I just finished playing with my camera and I have already put it away inside the closet. So I said to myself, just be content on watching them. As the two beauty danced and hopped around the greens the urgency of seizing the moment is growing in me. I might not have this special moment again. Yat and I was just having a conversation a couple of nights ago about opportunities, how they can come only once so you must get hold on them fast and how you can passed them up to wait for a much better one. Obviously we have contradicting opinions about these as i am the carpe diem type. Spontaneity is a bliss! With that, the decision was rather quick. With the breakfast "kakanin" on hand I dashed to my room to get the cam. True enough, when I came back only one butterfly remained. Sayang! The opportunity was much faster than me. But that didn't dampen my spirit. It just have to do with one butterfly - a very hyper one that is. At least there's still one was my consolation. It flew here and there as if looking for something. When at some point that it lands on a leaf or a flower, my hand stretched or the lens zoomed to get a shot. Ahhhhh! I haven't even pressed the shutter yet and it flew once again. At one time I abandoned my little movements and really run after the winged beauty. Then it flew farther. Wahhh I am losing my chances now. Thinking that it might really go away I instead took shots of the yellow and red flowers. As I was composing a shot, the butterfly returned and fluttered near me. This might not be an unproductive effort at all. A couple of misses here and there and them bam! It rested on a yellow flower in an arm's length. Carefully inching closer my hand shaked to focus and zoomed. One...two...three...click! There it was - my perfect moment that fine morning.