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Have an Amazing New Year! (+poem by Bette A. Stevens)

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May your New Year be Amazing
as a Monarch Butterfly

May your days be blessed and beautiful

May your nights, sweet dreams supply

May your New Year be amazing

As a monarch butterfly

Wishing all of you and our amazing monarch butterflies…
“An Amazing New Year!”

~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author

All About Monarchs

Monarch butterflies offer an amazing view into the intricate nature of the wild. Their science name, Danaus Plexippus, Greek for “Sleepy Transformation,” gets part of the story right, but not the epic whole. International conservation efforts to protect and restore monarch habitat are ongoing. These efforts may help improve the near-endangered/endangered status of the species; but we, as ordinary citizens, can easily help the monarch butterfly recovery right in our own backyards and gardens. Find out more at the links below.

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Written

on 12/30/2017

Comments on: "Have an Amazing New Year! (+poem by Bette A. Stevens)" (73)

  1. Teagan R. Geneviene said:
    01/22/2018 at 4:26 pm

    Bette, I hope your 2018 is off to a fantastic start. Hugs.

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  2. Bernadette said:
    01/09/2018 at 3:43 pm

    Bette, wishing you smooth trails and day filled with the warmth that brings butterflies.

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  3. watchingthedaisies said:
    01/09/2018 at 8:28 am

    Happy New Year Bette. I would so love to see a Monarch butterfly some fine day 😊

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    • Bette A. Stevens said:
      01/09/2018 at 6:26 pm

      I hope you get a chance to see one soon, Brigid. They are truly magnificent creatures–they glimmer like stain-glass windows. Wishing you A Blessed & Beautiful 2018, my friend! ❤ xo

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  4. Osyth said:
    01/09/2018 at 4:47 am

    That’s a lovely wish … monarchs are beautiful. What ARE we doing that so many beauteous creatures are endangered on our watch?

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  5. Tina Frisco said:
    01/04/2018 at 6:14 pm

    So beautiful, Bette. Thank you, my friend. Wishing you joy. love, peace, laughter ❤

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  6. Natalie Ducey said:
    01/03/2018 at 10:03 am

    Happy New Year, Bette! XO

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  7. roughwighting said:
    01/03/2018 at 7:02 am

    Beautiful blessing. And I send it too you, also, with a hug.

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  8. Miss Gentileschi said:
    01/03/2018 at 6:00 am

    Amazing and wonderful New Year to you too, Betty! Love your poem! 😊❤ xoxo

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  9. D. Wallace Peach said:
    01/02/2018 at 10:00 am

    Happy New Year, Bette. May your dreams soar. Beautiful poem to welcome the new year. ❤

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  10. abetterman21 said:
    01/01/2018 at 4:21 pm

    Happy new year!

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  11. karenringalls said:
    01/01/2018 at 7:13 am

    Wishing you a blessed 2018. I love your poem with its words of beauty and love.

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  12. Mother Hen said:
    01/01/2018 at 12:39 am

    Lovely poem!

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  13. literaryeyes said:
    12/31/2017 at 8:41 pm

    Happy New Year, Bette! Keeping the Monarchs in mind as I plant and prune each year!

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  14. Baydreamer said:
    12/31/2017 at 5:32 pm

    Beautiful words and sentiment, Bette! Wishing you a blessed New Year, too! ❤🎉🎆🥂

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  15. robbiesinspiration said:
    12/31/2017 at 12:43 pm

    A beautiful message, Bette. Happy New Year.

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  16. anroworld said:
    12/31/2017 at 9:32 am

    May you have a year that is filled with joy, happiness, hope, and prosperity Wishing You a Happy New year.

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  17. reemasandhu said:
    12/31/2017 at 7:28 am

    Beautiful post Happy new year 😍

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  18. -Eugenia said:
    12/31/2017 at 2:52 am

    Happy New Year, Bette!

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  19. Firelands said:
    12/30/2017 at 9:49 pm

    Love the poem. Happy New Year, Bette!

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  20. MICHELLE C JAMES said:
    12/30/2017 at 9:17 pm

    A happy, healthy, and lovely New Year, Bette. Love and hugs. ❤️

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  22. balroop2013 said:
    12/30/2017 at 6:06 pm

    Thank you Bette for wishing in this poetic way…You too and yours are wished the best of the world, good health and happiness throughout 2018 and beyond. 🙂 Love and New year hugs.

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  23. Micki Peluso said:
    12/30/2017 at 5:03 pm

    Happy New Year!! Sweet poem. I love that about Haiku–so much said in so few words. My favorite book is hard to chose but ‘Dog Bone Soup’ is closest to my heart. Love you!

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  24. noelleg44 said:
    12/30/2017 at 4:59 pm

    Thank you, Bette! I’d love to have a butterfly year! I see there is a nor’easter bearing down on Maine. Stay safe and warm! Happy new Year!

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    • Bette A. Stevens said:
      12/30/2017 at 7:34 pm

      Thanks, Noelle. It’s much too early for these sub-zero temps. May spring arrive early and monarchs rebound! May your New Year be blessed and beautiful! ❤ xo

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  25. jjspina said:
    12/30/2017 at 4:40 pm

    Lovely poem, Bette! Happy New Year, my friend! Hugs xx

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  26. Annika Perry said:
    12/30/2017 at 3:54 pm

    A very Happy New Year to you, Bette! ❤️

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  27. sjhigbee said:
    12/30/2017 at 3:25 pm

    Have a successful and happy 2018 and let’s hope the monarch butterflies have a wonderful year, too…

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  28. kiwinana said:
    12/30/2017 at 2:37 pm

    Happy New Year, all the best for 2018.

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  29. GP Cox said:
    12/30/2017 at 2:33 pm

    Stay safe – and remember, New Year’s resolutions are sometimes hard to reach!

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  30. manningtreearchive said:
    12/30/2017 at 1:26 pm

    Wish you Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, Bette

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  31. kethuprofumo said:
    12/30/2017 at 11:41 am

    Thank you. dear Bette! A butterfly year…it sounds amazing indeed! Happy New Poetic year! 🙂

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  32. Welcome to Wales said:
    12/30/2017 at 11:05 am

    Happy New Year, Bette.

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  33. Felicia Denise said:
    12/30/2017 at 11:02 am

    Best wishes to you too, Bette, for a joyous and prosperous New Year!

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  34. Mae Clair said:
    12/30/2017 at 10:27 am

    Happy New Year, Bette. Wishing you all the best for 2018. And I had no idea Monarchs were nearing endangerment. They are beautiful, but like the firefly, I do see less and less of them each year.

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  35. A Pondering Mind said:
    12/30/2017 at 10:23 am

    Happy New Year!

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