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The Best Butterflies Appear When You're Out to Lunch
Lessons & Reflections from the National Butterfly Center
Isn't that the way it always goes?
Yesterday, a rarity showed up in the form of Isabella's Heliconian—and the Coopers had left the garden. They returned, after lunch, only to learn they'd missed it. Boo!!!
But the Coopers didn't despair. Neither did the good-natured people who came for the 17th Annual Texas Butterfly Festival, when the cold front tore through here.... Like the times and the tides, these folks know it's only temporary. Seasons change, sightings occur, long-absent species make a surprise appearance on your lunch break.
On Growing Awareness (and Fun!)
Lessons & Reflections from the National Butterfly Center
Last night as I locked the Visitor's Center, I heard Taps played at the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans' Cemetery, nearby. The lonesome sound of the solitary bugler was answered by the howls and yelps of a dozen coyotes, waking for their evening activities. A Grey Hawk rested at the pond, reflecting, and three racing cyclists rode by in formation. One of those cyclists, James Garza, donated the beautiful stone marker that sits at the entrance to the National Butterfly Center.
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