butterflies

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Walking through Lee’s garden, as birds, bees and butterflies zoom around the yard’s bright flowers, it’s obvious she loves color.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

An ankle monitor, a meat slicer, some breast milk, and a package of live butterflies walk into an Uber...except this is not the setup to a joke.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

While Nereyda felt the familiar butterflies about what the next day might bring, AB focused on what mattered to her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The nine-foot papier-mâché sculpture is covered with butterflies bearing the names of unhoused people who have died, and was created by members of the organization’s Studio 526 Creative Space on Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Another woman from the morning bioloaf group leans at the lake’s edge, observing the purple glow of a swarm of water butterflies where the pale floor normally would be.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera