Thousands of butterflies in Sri Lanka
Personal memory by Thanuri N.
1960 - 1970 CE • Sri Lanka
Thousands of butterflies used to fly through the countrysides of Sri Lanka when my parents were growing up. I was they were still around in those numbers for me to experience.
Memory submitted at One Life: Maya Lin, National Portrait Gallery, 2022-2023
Image: DammikaD, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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