Date: 09/30/1998

Number: 1

mY ART CLASSES AND i HAVE BEEN HOST PARENTS TO AN AWESOME MONARCH BUTTERFLY THAT HAS INSPIRED MYSELF AND MY STUDENTS TO CREATE A BUTTERFLY GARDEN HERE AT OUR SCHOOL. WHILE WAITING FOR "OUR" MONARCH TO MAKE IT'S DEBUT FROM IT'S CHRSYLIS WE WERE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT IT WOULD EMERGE IN TIME FOR THE JOURNEY SOUTH AND i THINK SHE MADE IT JUST IN TIME. sHE EMERGED OVER THE WEEKEND AND YESTERDAY 9/29 WE LET HER GO IN THE SCHOOL YARD TO BEGIN HER LONG AWAITED JOURNEY SOUTH. AMAZING EXPERIENCE WAS HAD BY ALL INVOLVED. wHILE WORKING IN OUR GARDEN SPACE TODAY AT SCHOOL WE SAW 2 MONARCHS FLY OVER HEAD WE ASSUMED "OUR " BUTTERFLY WAS GATHERING OTHER BUDDIES FOR THE JOURNEY. SEEMS LIKE A LONG WAY... 2900 MILES FOR SOME SUNSHINE. tHE gARDEN aRT CLUB AND i CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR SPRING. hERE IS A RIDDLE TOLD TO ME TODAY BY ONE OF MY SECOND GRADERS.... wHAT KIND OF PILLOW DOES A BUTTERFLY USE? a CATER-PILLOW..... tILL THE NEXT SIGHTING... adios

Foster, RI

Latitude: 41.8 Longitude: -71.7

Observed by: Dawn
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