[DollyCali]

[MEG33]

Dolly ..Your thread was well worth waiting for..It is gorgeous..The glass wings are just amazing!

I lived near a monarch migration site in California and will post more pictures.

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Dolly,
How are you? Beautiful thread. Who doesn't love butterflies.:) Those are interesting facts about them.

Butterfly in my garden last year. :)

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for the ping, Dolly. You've created a beautiful thread.

FReepmail soon.

[freema]

I STILL haven't learned to do pics : (

http://hometown.aol.com/sylviam4000/Butterfly

Look very carefully at this one!!
http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/patriotic/images/Butterfl.jpg

Martina McBride - She's a Butterfly

She remembers when she first got her wings
And how she opened up that day
she learned to sing
Then the colors came, erased the
black and white
And her whole world changed
when she realized

[Chorus:]
She's a butterfly, pretty as the crimson sky
Nothing's ever gonna bring her down
And everywhere she goes
Everybody knows she's so glad to be alive
She's a butterfly

Like the purest light in a darkened world
So much hope inside such a lovely girl
You should see her fly, it's almost magical
It makes you wanna cry, she's so beautiful

[Chorus]

God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground
God bless the butterfly,
give her strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground

[Chorus]

God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground
God bless the butterfly,
give her the strenght to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground

[Issaquahking]

In regard to one of FR's very finest...


Jeff Head has a new book out! Sat down and read it in three hours flat. Great read, charges along, and doesn't get tangled up in details. Click on the book itself for more information. This event was what brought me to FR years ago, and some of my first correspondence with some of FR's finest like JustAmy!


The Stand at Klamath Falls
How rural western farmers stood up to entrenched enviromentalists and agencies of the federal government...and prevailed.

[Diver Dave]

Caught this ladyfinger in our orange tree last spring during their annual migration...

[Mama_Bear]

Dolly, this is your prettiest post ever! Thank you so much for bringing these beautiful little winged creatures to us. That transparent butterfly is nothing short of a work of art by our magnificent Creator of all things bright and beautiful.

Good morning to all. I have a long 'to do' list to work my way through this morning, but will try to get back here later today.

[JustAmy]

Beautiful thread, Dolly.

I haven't had time to read it but the graphics are wonderful.

I didn't make it to the Butterfly House when we were there last year. We ran out of time. :(

I have to do some boring stuff today but I hope to be back later.

Thank you for today's thread.

[LadyX]

What a beautiful presentation of this lovely subject!
We so appreciate all the efforts you make to delight us, Dolly,
day in and day out.

[Billie]

Dolly, your butterflies are exquisite! What a beautiful thread today. Love the title - they *are* the "Pretty" Bugs

             

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi everybody.

Nice thread, Dolly, your butterflies are lovely.

Who is the Butterfly?

She is beautiful
In her confidence
A smile that melts thoughts away
With glittering eyes like stars in the night
and her flirting pose makes this heart race
and she knows, yes she knows I cannot take flight

She is beautiful
In her kindness
Always a little for one that has less
With open hands offered to a friend in need
and her concerns become my concerns
and she knows, yes she knows I will follow her lead

She is beautiful
In her humor
A laugh that could drown tears of the sad
With quickness of mind and rye is her smile
and she whispers when she gets me alone
She will play with me, she will play with me for a while

She is beautiful
because she is she
Who is the butterfly she asks me
With finger tips on her cheek, I replied ''it's you''
and her eyes light up like a child again
no she replied, oh no she replied ''it's you''

~ Red Alex Moon

[tuliptree76]

Beautiful thread, Dolly!