Flight 77 of the Monarch Butterfly

When I was about 11 years old, so this was around 1977, I remember a swarm of Monarch butterflies came sweeping into the yard, sticking to the rough bark of the maple trees surrounding our house and clinging to the leaves. It was pure magic to me! Of all the places to make a pitstop and they chose my yard! My mom had a hurricane lamp with a huge green globe on the the top of it in the living room, so I plucked up about 20 butterflies, went through the side door on the porch and deposited them inside the globe of the lamp, sort of like my own little butterfly garden! Well, she didn't know what I was up to because she was in the kitchen cooking supper and when we sat down at the table to eat supper, blurs of orange and black started to flutter throught the air above the kitchen table. That's when mom jumped up and grabbed the fly swatter and started to chase the Monarch butterflies through the house with me yelling "don't hurt them, I put them in the globe of the hurricane lamp!".......however they escaped and were all clinging to the lace curtains in the living room! Isn't it funny how I can vividly remember the strangest occurance from 34 years ago but can't remember if I put the garage door down from 5 minutes ago!?!?!?

Anywho......this necklace was inspired by that summer. You can find it over at the Honey Girl Studio Jewelry Shop.

Hey, stay cool! It's 98 degrees here in Northwestern Pennsylvania and very humid