Have an Amazing New Year! (+poem by Bette A. Stevens)
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/
November is a month when the last leaves of a glorious season in Maine are soon to be whisked away. It’s also a month when families and friends gather to celebrate Thanksgiving across the USA. Whether you are planning to travel near or far, or maybe just to stay at home where it’s cozy and warm, I wish you all the Happiest of Holidays! ~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author
Whenever we need a respite from the doldrums, Maine’s coast is calling…and no matter the season, Belfast, Maine is always a relaxing, scenic 45-minute drive from our 37-acre farmstead in Central Maine. The photo inspiring the haiku Respite for the Soul was taken at Moose Point State Park in Searsport, Maine. Photo collage below is from our latest visit to the nearby town of Belfast. Hope you enjoy the haiku and our visit to two of Maine’s coastal towns too! ~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author
Autumn Parade
Nature has so many lessons to teach us and here’s one among the many I’ve learned from the butterflies.
Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Written
on 12/30/2017