As some of you know I love butterflies, and so, a few years back I joined the Butterfly Conservation Society. You too can join and enjoy the first year's membership free. An easy way to start your own butterfly garden is to plant a buddleia bush as I did and take part in the National Garden Butterfly Survey. Last year I recorded 12 species from April to November. Other good news is, if you have nettles in your garden they are caterpillar's food so you don't need to remove them.
On a cold blustery day (8th January) I entered the Ladies at Lady Heyes Craft Centre, and there on the floor was a small tortoiseshell. So with the ever-present camera I took a photo. When I showed them the photo at one of our Tuesday evening Prayer and Praise Services, someone remarked that it looked like it was on a cross. This was the mortar in between the tiles. As butterflies are a sign of new life (to caterpillars it is the end), I thought how relevant it was to Jesus dying on the cross and being raised to the new life, which is available to us if we accept Him as our Saviour.
Moria R
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