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.
- Find out more about our amazing monarch butterflies and discover how you can help this species recover at http://www.wildcenter.org/science/all-about-monarchs-2/
- For kids, families, educators and gardeners: Download Bette’s FREE pdf “Fun & Learning with Monarch Butterflies” where you’ll find:
★Monarch Facts ★Coloring Pages ★Crafts ★Gardening
★Video: How to Make an Origami Butterfly
★Butterfly Teacher Guide and so much more…
★Find out how you can help protect our monarchs
https://4writersandreaders.com/fun-learning-with-monarchs-2/
Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Comments on: "Have an Amazing New Year! (+poem by Bette A. Stevens)" (73)
Bette, I hope your 2018 is off to a fantastic start. Hugs.
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It sure is, Teagan. Hope yours is too! ❤
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Bette, wishing you smooth trails and day filled with the warmth that brings butterflies.
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Thank you, Bernadette! ❤ xo
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Happy New Year Bette. I would so love to see a Monarch butterfly some fine day 😊
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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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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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Thank you, Osyth. May 2018 be a year when humanity begins to appreciates and take care of the fragile and majestic beauty that surrounds us. ❤ xo
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So beautiful, Bette. Thank you, my friend. Wishing you joy. love, peace, laughter ❤
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Thanks so much, Tina. ❤ Wishing you a New Year filled with all of those beautiful blessings too! xo
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Happy New Year, Bette! XO
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Thank you, Natalie. ❤ May your blessings abound in 2018! xo
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Beautiful blessing. And I send it too you, also, with a hug.
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Thanks so much, Pam! ❤ xo
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Amazing and wonderful New Year to you too, Betty! Love your poem! 😊❤ xoxo
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Thank you, Sarah. ❤ Hugs! xo
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Happy New Year, Bette. May your dreams soar. Beautiful poem to welcome the new year. ❤
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Thank you, Diana. Blessings and love as we soar into 2018 together! ❤
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Happy new year!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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Wishing you a blessed 2018. I love your poem with its words of beauty and love.
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Thank you, Karen. ❤ Wishing you and yours abundant blessings in 2018 too! xo
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Lovely poem!
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Thank you. ❤ New Year blessings!
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Happy New Year, Bette! Keeping the Monarchs in mind as I plant and prune each year!
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Thanks so much, Mary. ❤ Sending lots of love your way… xo
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Beautiful words and sentiment, Bette! Wishing you a blessed New Year, too! ❤🎉🎆🥂
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Thanks so much, Lauren! ❤ Sending lots of love your way… xo
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A beautiful message, Bette. Happy New Year.
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Thanks, Robbie. ❤ Happy New Year! xo
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May you have a year that is filled with joy, happiness, hope, and prosperity Wishing You a Happy New year.
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Thank you, Ann! ❤ xo
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Beautiful post Happy new year 😍
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Thank you. ❤ xo
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Thank you dear 😍
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Happy New Year, Bette!
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Same to you, Eugenia! ❤ xo
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Love the poem. Happy New Year, Bette!
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Thanks much. ❤ Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year too! xo
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A happy, healthy, and lovely New Year, Bette. Love and hugs. ❤️
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Thanks so much, Michelle! ❤ Sending lots of love your way… xo
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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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Thanks so much, Balroop. ❤ May your New Year blessings be bountiful, dear friend! xo
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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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Thanks all around, Micki. ❤ Sending lots of love and wishes for a New Year filled with blessings for you and yours! xoxoxoxo…
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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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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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Lovely poem, Bette! Happy New Year, my friend! Hugs xx
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Thanks so much, Janice. Sending lots of New Year’s love your way… ❤
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A very Happy New Year to you, Bette! ❤️
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Ditto, dear Annika! ❤ xo
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Have a successful and happy 2018 and let’s hope the monarch butterflies have a wonderful year, too…
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Ditto all around! ❤
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Happy New Year, all the best for 2018.
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Ditto! ❤
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Stay safe – and remember, New Year’s resolutions are sometimes hard to reach!
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Ditto! 😀
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Wish you Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, Bette
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Thanks so much and wishing the same for you!
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Thank you. dear Bette! A butterfly year…it sounds amazing indeed! Happy New Poetic year! 🙂
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Thank you, Maria. Blessings to you and yours in the New Year and beyond, my friend! ❤ xo
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Always at your service, dear Bette! Same here!
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Happy New Year, Bette.
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Thanks so much. May your New Year be bright and beautiful! ❤ xo
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Best wishes to you too, Bette, for a joyous and prosperous New Year!
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Thanks so much, Felicia. ❤ Sending lots of love your way… xo
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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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Blessings and love, Mae! ❤ xo
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Happy New Year!
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Thanks so much. Wishing you a Very Happy New Year! 🙂
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