Not just the usual cabbage whites this year, but tortoiseshells, red admirals, painted ladies and peacock butterflies too. |
They are supported by patinated bronze bases formed as peacock feathers inset with lustred favrille glass balls. |
Standing by were stepladders, sieves and sacks of sawdust, dyed peacock, emperor, yellow, emerald, shocking pink and black. |
I also carry a good selection of straight peacock wagglers for fishing further out and when there is not much flow in Winter. |
This center was balanced on either side by images of the deaths of a peacock and a bull. |
Even the emperor's throne, the bejeweled peacock throne of Shah Jahan, was packed on elephants and carried away to Persia. |