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What Would You Do With Two Days?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 7 comments to What Would You Do With Two Days? |
I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome. I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop. For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool.    
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
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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.
Whoops! Your mailbox is full. I can’t send you anything.
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
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!
Two days
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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…
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.
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