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What Would You Do With Two Days?

Written by admin on August 18th, 2008

In the garden today…


as is the case nearly every day, I found evidence of life…

and death.

Did you know that the “expected” life span of a butterfly is about 2 to 14 days?  Oh, there are some species that can live for months, but the expected life span is very, very short.

What would you do with two days? 

Would you add beauty to the world?

Would you live bravely?

Would you leave behind a beautiful legacy?

The butterfly does.

Lynn 

Posted in Butterflies, Gardening |

7 Comments so far ↓

  1. Aug
    18
    11:05
    PM
    Luana

    Hi Lynn;
    I have to tell you…your bug pictures freak me out. I’m such a baby, but I honestly don’t think I could handle living among so many creatures. I remember a couple of months back you posted pics of a jumping spider…my husband and I had nightmares for weeks. :-)
    Seriously though, Japanese Beetles, tomato worms and opposoms on the block wall are about all I can stand.
    However, I’ll take a neighborhood cat any day.:-)
    Thanks for your blog, Lynn. I so enjoy it.
    Check your e-mail…I’ll send you some pics of my own.

  2. Aug
    18
    11:22
    PM
    Luana

    Whoops! Your mailbox is full. I can’t send you anything. :-(

  3. Aug
    19
    8:08
    AM
    admin

    Luana, I got your e-mails! My e-mail box fills up so quickly with any kind of graphics, so as soon as I read your comment I went and cleaned up my inbox and emptied my trash folder and your pictures started coming through! They are lovely, lovely, lovely!! The flowers are so gorgeous. I’ll e-mail you this morning and make sure that they ALL came through.

    Hugs,
    Lynn

  4. Aug
    19
    8:21
    AM
    sandra

    What a great question….two days?….I do believe I’ll think about this today. So glad I visited here early this morning - I love questions like this….they make you keep everything in perspective! Hope you’re having a good week, Lynn!

  5. Aug
    19
    9:19
    AM
    Louise

    Two days

    A

    Lifetime …..

    I have to think about this….but my first thought is children ….

    I adore butterflies…. If you look back on my blog on March 6th, you will see a little story about
    A butterfly…

  6. Aug
    20
    5:47
    AM
    SoniaM

    when ever we see a butterfly I always tell my children that a butterfly only has a short time to live and it choose to spend its time with us.

  7. Aug
    20
    8:25
    AM
    admin

    Sandra, I love questions like this as well. It puts things into perspective for sure.

    Louise, I loved your recent post for Leroy about butterflies giving kisses, so I am heading over this morning to read the post you mentioned here.

    Sonia, that’s so precious. Nature has such an effect on children. In the early years the beauty of it softens children, and then as they grow, bringing in some of the lessons of its harshness (and yet beauty) can teach them to appreciate life.

    So glad you all could relate to my garden-y thoughts. :)

    Lynn

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