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While butterflies may not be the most important or efficient pollinators (in terms of how much work they can accomplish in a garden), they can easilly be one of the most visually beautiful and enjoyable creatures in your garden. If you like seeing a multitude of these beauties in your garden, there are a [...]

Over the past six months, Lori and I have redone all of the kids rooms. Each of them have new furniture and freshly painted walls; meanwhile, Lori and I continue to use her childhood bedroom furniture combined with a few miscellaneous items we've found on sale over the years.As I posted previously, Ty's new room is a fun sports theme:And, Chani's room is a stylish yet classy teenage theme:Finally

This picture of two rare butterflies getting amorous with one another has given fresh hope for the future of species that was once extinct in Britain. Conservationists who are trying to re-populate the Large Blue butterfly in the wild are delighted with the sight which proves their programme is working. The insect was wiped out completely in [...]

Butterflies are amongst the most beautiful creatures in the world. So bright of hue, so beautiful and such a delight to watch. But today a wide variety or species of butterflies has become extinct because there is a threat to their living space and their food supply by human beings. Making a butterfly garden is one way to protect and increase their numbers. Butterfly garden landscaping is a method

Butterflies are colorful creatures that are special and wonderful additions to your garden. A carefully planned garden can attract butterflies that sip nectar from many flowers and search for a place to lay their larvae. Butterfly gardens are basically organic gardens that use no chemicals. With this in mind, be sure to create a safety zone for your butterflies. Habitual zones and places where are

I went to livemonarch.com tonight and ordered free milkweed seeds to help monarch butterflies live. The website says this: Monarchs need your help NOW! During the past few years, over 75% of the wintering Monarchs from North America froze to death in Mexico as a result of three days of rain and sub-freezing conditions. There is also a Nationwide shortage of milkweed. These freak weather

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I'm still finishing those final pieces for Art in the Park.For those of you who are coming out to the show, my booth location is 15 Central. So there's not much time to write. But here's a little collage piece that will go for auction on eBay tonight.I've used collage paper, vintage sheet music and acrylic to create "Basket of Butterflies."*All image rights reserved Wendy Ryan *

As I was driving to day care Princess pointed toward the driver’s side of the car and said “Mommy, I see butterflies.” I try to glance sideways to see if the car in the passing lane has a butterfly decal on the window or if we drove by a swarm of butterflies that Princess, [...]

June is bustin’ out all overIt doesn’t seem a minute ago that we were planting daffodil bulbs in containers for early spring colour. Now we are witnessing a real surge in growth as herbaceous borders are full of flowers and the vegetable patch is providing it’s first rich pickings. Salad plants are usually the first off the starting block with lettuce and rocket shooting up ahead of the radi

This story is about four beautiful girls who were born on a farm in Oja de Agua, Dominican Republic. Their names were Patria, Dede, Minerva, and Maria Theresa. They also had another name and sworn duty to get rid of the Dominican Republic dictator. Their code name was Las Mariposas, or the butterflies.All the four girls go off to school for their education, where the revolutionary spark is ignited

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1. The name 'Butterfly' was first coined to describe the Yellow Brimstone Butterfly, a variety commonly seen across Europe. It was actually known as 'Butter-colored Fly' and that later became 'Butterfly'.2. There are about 28,000 known Butterfly species throughout the world.3. Butterflies - and moths - belong to the order Leptidoptera. This is derived from the Greek term for 'scale-wing'.4. The wi

SPREAD YOUR WINGS Take a cue from Alexander McQueen (who took his cue from Mother Nature) and transform your Spring wardrobe with some unexpectedly stylish butterflies. Clockwise from top left: Butterfly Print Dress at Topshop.com, £40.00; Metallic Butterfly Tunic at Forever21.com, $22.80; Gold Butterfly T-shirt at Forever21.com, $15.80; Embroidered Butterfly Satin Top at Forever21.com, $24.80; In Background: Butterfly Cotton Scarf at Forever21.com, $5.80; Butterflies Necklace at Topshop.com, Now £12.50.

Butterfly Habitat Plants that Attract Butterflies If you desire to help increase butterfly habitat we encourage you to plant plants that attract butterflies to your yard. Butterflies visit thousands of different plants, both to sip nectar and to lay eggs. A few plant families are particularly important to them, as either a nectar source or a larvae plant, or both. If you incorporate at least

Butterfly Habitat Plants that Attract Butterflies If you desire to help increase butterfly habitat we encourage you to plant plants that attract butterflies to your yard. Butterflies visit thousands of different plants, both to sip nectar and to lay eggs. A few plant families are particularly important to them, as either a nectar source or a larvae plant, or both. If you incorporate at least

Butterfly Habitat Where to View Butterflies View Butterflies in Austria Schmetterlinghaus Wien Schlosspark Schonbrunn P.F. 49, 1131 Wien phone: 0043 1 8769068 View Butterflies in Australia Australian Butterfly Sanctuary P.O. Box 345, Kennedy Highway, Kuranda, Queensland 4872 Butterfly House Murray Bridge (South Australia) Coffs Harbour (New South Wales) Melbourne Zoo Butterfly World

Butterfly Habitat Where to View Butterflies View Butterflies in Austria Schmetterlinghaus Wien Schlosspark Schonbrunn P.F. 49, 1131 Wien phone: 0043 1 8769068 View Butterflies in Australia Australian Butterfly Sanctuary P.O. Box 345, Kennedy Highway, Kuranda, Queensland 4872 Butterfly House Murray Bridge (South Australia) Coffs Harbour (New South Wales) Melbourne Zoo Butterfly World

Butterfly Habitat Butterflies in History Throughout history, from China to the Middle East, butterflies have always been considered the sign of freedom and transformation. Butterflies around the world have always astounded those involved in the mythological, religious, or scientific communities. Even today, modern researchers see the butterfly as the ambassador to the insect world. The

Butterfly Habitat Butterflies in History Throughout history, from China to the Middle East, butterflies have always been considered the sign of freedom and transformation. Butterflies around the world have always astounded those involved in the mythological, religious, or scientific communities. Even today, modern researchers see the butterfly as the ambassador to the insect world. The

The butterflies were made for a chunky pages swap and by the end I remembered why I had stopped doing these swaps.  I become tired of doing the same thing.  But that was also the very reason I joined this one - to push myself to make variations by giving myself a deadline and a purpose.  I definitely came up with some combinations for wing patterning that didn't initially occur to me.  The last four butterflies are shown below.  

Una de las series mas comicas del último año ya esta el capitulo en 1x12 "The Butterflies" en varios servidores para que disfruten estan gran serie comica. que nos trae de vuelta Christina Applegate como la muy amnesica Samantha que esperas por descargala solo en Darkville donde estan las mejores series.Entrar al Foro 80MBDiana - Uploader Team

Phantom Butterflies is a screensaver that shows a flock of glowing, ephemeral butterflies. Phantom Butterflies for Mac OS X is a universal binary and may be run natively on Intel or PowerPC Macs running OS X 10.4 or higher. It has been localized in English, French and Japanese. Phantom Butterflies for Windows is a port of the [...]

Una de las series mas comicas del último año ya esta el capitulo en 1x12 "The Butterflies" en varios servidores para que disfruten estan gran serie comica. que nos trae de vuelta Christina Applegate como la muy amnesica Samantha que esperas por descargala solo en Darkville donde estan las mejores series.Entrar al Foro 170MBDiana - Jhonyyy90 Uploader Team

Happy Wednesday to you! It's time once again to post another WFMW tip!I don't know about you but as much as I love participating in this WFMW exchange, sometimes I can't think of any decent ideas. So, unless Shannon requests a specific theme, I've decided to focus my efforts on offering craft ideas. And I'd love it if you'd leave me a comment with some craft ideas of your own!This week I'm sharing a butterfly craft idea. It's a bit messy because paint is involved but making a mess is half the fun! You can lay newspapers down before beginning the project. My 3 year old son LOVED this one so I'll bet your kids will too!Coffee Filter ButterflySupplies Needed:Wooden Clothes PinsRound Coffee FiltersBlack Sharpie MarkerWatercolor PaintsPipe CleanerGlue GunDirections:Take the coffee filters and

Where the Butterflies Go (Paperback)By Heather Grace Stewart Buy new: $14.95$14.95 Customer Rating: First tagged “motherhood” by HGS “HGS’s Poetry Reviews” Customer tags: marriage, modern poetry, hope, motherhood, reality, heather grace stewart, [...]

   The thick wool felt I used as a stitching base is very easy to stitch through and gives these butterflies a bit of extra dimension.  I actually purchased it as a base for needlefelting, but I like it in this application as well.  I limited my floss colors to a handful and my bead selection to one mixed bag so I could concentrate more on varying pattern from one butterfly to another.  It's interesting to see how much I can pack into a small space.  I'm over half way done now...

Another busy week meant I didn't get to update the blog. Lots of mundane studio work which didn't involve a paint brush :) Two new fun pieces for Art Helping Animals - the Scotch Argus Butterfly (we don't get this butterfly in Orkney, mores the pity, I photographed this one in Inverness) and a pair of collie pups, both watercolour and 3.5" x 2.5". Framed ready to hang!The latest gull painting is

This is actually a technique came to me when a great friend of mine send me a Staz On ink pad! Thanks Lynn! Since Staz On is a solvent ink, it can be use to stamp on any non-porous surfaces. In my latest tag, I've created three dimensional butterflies out of transparency, vellum and card stock. I've used the solvent ink to stamp my butterfly image onto a transparency and later cut it out. Then I've snipped into each flap of the wings towards the center. Since transparency is rather a hard material, you can easily fold up or down any part of the wing. This will make it look dimensional. To add some details, I've also use a white paint marker to doodle on it and add some crystals to it.My second dimensional butterfly is made out of vellum. I've stamped and heat embossed a butterfly on a vel

I've done these Photoshop brushes. They are butterflies, glowing butterflies, and fantasy butterflies, with different effects and sizes. And I want to share them with you.Download them for free, but before please read and understand the terms of use.Terms of useThese brushes are free to use in commercial and non-commercial designs, as long as you follow these conditions:- The brushes can't be sold. You can sell the designs you make with the brushes, but not the brushes themselves.- They must be downloaded clicking the links from this article in www.emmaalvarez.com. If you like the brushes and want your visitors to download them, place a link to this post, so they come and download them from here. Don't directly link them. - You can't redistribute the brushes without my explicit consent. If

My wife and I have been living in Marikina since 2005. But it was only last March 9 (Sunday) that we, together with a couple of in-laws, had the time to go to the World of Butterflies which is just a few blocks away from our house. I won’t discuss the features of this particular [...]

Perfect title for this trip because the butterflies are busy busy. I’m wondering just what the heck they do all winter. I know they’re here laying eggs that’ll become caterpillars, cocoons, then many more butterflies for the late Spring & summer pleasure of my eyes. Where the heck were these few hiding? Raheem is off in another part of the brain saying “Kiss me, like when I dream of you.” The music has me itching to leave the vehicle and get out and dance. “I wish I could find myself, but it’s a losing fight.” Raheem Devaughn

They say that good things come in small packages, and up until three and a half years ago he didn’t believe that was true. But now he knew better. Now he knew that it was 100% unequivocally true, because the best things in his life seemed to be coming in small packages these days. They started with the love of his life, a very sexy, bossy, intelligent, petite brunette who stormed into his life and turned it completely upside down. Since that day three years ago his life had never been the same. And now he had another small package that was managing to turn his world upside down again, and this little package had made her entrance into his life six months ago. And like the first small package, she was the tiniest, smartest, and most beautiful six month old he’d ever laid eyes on. She wa

Everyone gets nervous before speaking in public. Knowing how to keep yourself calm can make a big difference in how well you do. To make sure you deliver your presentation to the best of your ability, here is some advice for conquering your fears: They won’t notice. Think of any nervousness you feel as being your private secret. Most of the time, it will be. Rehearse like a maniac. Memorize the key sections word for word. It will keep you from forgetting your lines in a panic. Scope out the environment. Be comfortable in the room you are about to speak in. Fail Often. When you realize that the worst that can happen isn’t that bad, it zaps your butterflies for good. For many more great tips, click the link below.

Everyone gets nervous before speaking in public. Knowing how to keep yourself calm can make a big difference in how well you do. To make sure you deliver your presentation to the best of your ability, here is some advice for conquering your fears: They won’t notice. Think of any nervousness you feel as being your private secret. Most of the time, it will be. Rehearse like a maniac. Memorize the key sections word for word. It will keep you from forgetting your lines in a panic. Scope out the environment. Be comfortable in the room you are about to speak in. Fail Often. When you realize that the worst that can happen isn’t that bad, it zaps your butterflies for good. For many more great tips, click the link below.

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  My favorite part of watercolor is the way it flows, so I wanted to make use of that effect in adding color to the sketches, but not the same for all of them. For the butterfly wing I wanted the color to spread wildly, so I worked primarily wet in wet from my pan watercolors.  I used the pans again, but with less water on the first sketch to get a more overlapping effect.In contrast, I colored within the lines on the purple butterfly using watercolor crayons to make it easier to keep the flow to a minimum.  It seemed an appropriate approach to the more stylized design.  However, the end results on the purple and the rust butterflies were closer in appearance than I had expected.Next step is, of course, stitching. I started with lines on the first set of

Butterflies are one of the many insects of the order Lepieltera. A butterfly's life cycle has three stages. The first is the caterpillar stage. The second is the pupa stage, and the third is an amazing metamorphosis into the adult butterfly stage. A butterfly has two sets of wings, a top set and a bottom set. The top pair look the same and likewise the bottom set. Some types of butterflies are: 1

Some of the most beautiful animals in the world are butterflies. Rich in color and life, these insects are a pleasure to behold. Unfortunately, many species of butterflies have become instinct as their living space and food supply are threatened by humans. However, a person can help protect them or even [...]

You can create fun and interesting theme gardens by planting certain plants together to attract ladybugs and butterflies. Pretty little spotted ladybugs are are not only attractive but they are also very beneficial to the garden because they control aphids and other plant pests. If you would like to attract ladybugs to your garden, plant flowers such as Dandelions, Marigolds, Tansy, and Yarrow. Ladybugs are also attracted to fragrant herbs such as Dill, Fennel, Coriander, Angelica, Cilantro, and Parsley. You can also attract beautiful, colorful butterflies to your garden by planting flowers rich in nectar such as Aster, Lillies, Violets, Thistle, Cyprus Vine, and Liatris. Butterflies also like aromatic herbs such as Dill, Marjoram, Oregano, Mint, and Creeping Thyme.

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President Felipe Calderon unveiled a sweeping plan Sunday to curb logging and protect millions of monarch butterflies that migrate to the mountains of central Mexico each winter, covering trees and bushes and attracting visitors from around the world.The plan will put $4.6 million toward additional equipment and advertising for the existing Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, covering a 124,000-acre swathe of trees and mountains that for thousands of years has served as the winter nesting ground to millions of orange- and black-winged monarch butterflies.

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"Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine. "Jeffrey Glassberg The past few days have seen a nice change in the weather and have brought forth plenty of happy butterflies. I love to sit with a book in the garden, watching these fascinating creatures flutter around. The brown one on top, a little one (an inch!) has my favourite colours...beige/khaki & black . The one below , was discovered by my son, fast asleep in the Currypatta tree (Botanical name - Murraya koenigi) in the backyard...the colours reminded me of Halloween! "I've watched you now a full half-hour;Self-poised upon that yellow flowerAnd, little Butterfly! IndeedI know not if you sleep or feed.How motionless! - not frozen seasMore motionless! and thenWhat joy awaits you, when the breezeHath found you out among the trees,And calls you forth again!"William Wordsworth, 'To a Butterfly' "The caterpillar d

Brushes: 26A set of Photoshop brushes made up of various butterflies and swirly dots to make up their flight trails. Most of them are vector shapes. Includes 17 butterfly shapes and 9 of the swirly trails. These average around 1000 pixels high/wide.Photoshop 7 +Download here

No nerves this evening and that’s strange because I’m sitting in Kaspers preparing for our first Bloomer sponsored party ever. There are Bloomers here, in their brown Bloomer shirts and lets not mention the witches, nurses and other freaks wandering around. Here’s hoping it will bve a good party. See you at the Beach! Share This This post originally appeared on Paul OFlahertys Technology Blog. © 2007 Paul OFlaherty Link to original post: Butterflies? | No comments---Related Articles at O'Flaherty:Feeling Confused!

No nerves this evening and that’s strange because I’m sitting in Kaspers preparing for our first Bloomer sponsored party ever. There are Bloomers here, in their brown Bloomer shirts and lets not mention the witches, nurses and other freaks wandering around. Here’s hoping it will be a good party. See you at the Beach! Share This This post originally appeared on Paul OFlahertys Technology Blog. © 2007 Paul OFlaherty Link to original post: Butterflies? | No comments---Related Articles at O'Flaherty:Feeling Confused!

Imagine a tranquil garden. Flourished with pleasant plants and flowers. The sounds of streaming water behind you. Surrounded with beautiful butterflies welcoming you. Now give me a moment or two and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Goodness but that sounds like the title to a book.I think it would be about a little deaf girl who loved to sit in her Grandmother's butterfly garden. She would spend much of her time there and her family worried that she could become a taciturn recluse if she continued on in this manner. But she seemed happy when she was with the butterflies. She became a renowned artist who specialized in watercolor paintings of butterflies. Whenever she painted butterflies she felt and almost heard a symphony pouring out of her brush. But then one day...Oh never mind.So yesterday some friends of ours offered to take the boys for several hours so I could enjoy some rare time alone to either just enjoy the silence or to get some work done. As it was, I did both.I did some reading. I reveled in the strange and unfamiliar sound of silence. I did some writing. I soaked in the solitude that comes but a drop at a time. I cleaned the school room and washed some dishes. And for a moment I sat do

About This Painting:Original scratchboard of a stack of pancakes with butter and syrup and topped with butterfles.Media: scratchboardSize: 5 in X 7 in (12.7 cm X 17.8 cm)Price: $100 USDHow to Purchase:Buy this painting on PayPalPrice: $100 USD plus $4 USD s/hOr, send me an email

Last month I bought a butterfly garden. It was similar to when I bought a Venus fly trap because I was thinking as I clicked the "Place Order" button: "This will be great for the kids, it will really teach them about nature" when we all know it had very little to do with the kids. From the first time I saw the Butterfly Garden I wanted to see caterpillars changing into butterflies.The garden is really a collapsible net house which includes a coupon for the caterpillars (an extra $3) but within a week we had five tiny little creatures in a clear plastic sealed cup that were non-stop eating machines. The cup was half-filled with what looked like caramel which the caterpillars chomped right up, growing into enormous fuzzy beasts that soon attached themselves to the underside of the lid in five little swaying cocoons.We took out the lid and attached it inside the butterfly house and waited. A week later five Painted Lady butterflies emerged--it happened much quicker than you'd image,

The holiday to the South of France is unfortunately coming to an end. We have all enjoyed our time here and it is a place that we will becoming back to. It in someways reminds us of what Britain was like 30 years ago. No speed or CCTV cameras every 5 metres, no police dressed like robocop who have become unapproachable, no council busy bodies lurking around corners waiting to fine you for f*rting or heavens forbid leave your bin lid open.The way of life here revolves around communities and people helping each other out, many people may not be cash rich but are resource rich so a type of barter system operates. We do not have rose tinted glasses on , as a result of our short visit, but we can see the advantages of what we have experienced.One of the things that has amazed me so much, has been the wildlife. Wildflowers and herbs are everywhere, insect thrive as the way of farming and the lack of overcrowding do not damage their habitats. I only hope that this prevails. Many of the inse

Back from Pangsida waterfall we have to go to the butterfly seeing point, within just 6 minute, we are here only 2 guys very quiet except the voice from insects surround us, below image is a sign that wrote to represent "butterfly seeing point" in thai language, if you would like to try to pronounce in thai say "Jood Doo Pee Siur". Nearby the above sign there are another one that represent to

Rydia is a Level 1 wimp, so I decide to do a bit of fighting and general exploring in the desert outside of Kaipo before heading out to look for the medicine for Rosa. We spend a good half hour... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy.

I'm lying on soft grass... The sun is shining and my smooth skin shines back... Being all alone on this sultry day I enjoy the “temporary” loneliness, the green beauty, the “rainbow”-colored birds, the bright blue sky, the sunlight, the flowers, the orange smell coming from my basket and me, naked... This is pure delight to feel this “nude freedom” and the morning breeze “entering” my spread wings, caressing me to peaceful sleep. I playfully look at my womanly curves. Have to admit, I'm pretty pleased with how I look. I like my pinky-brown circles, my sensitive belly, my petite waist, my round hips and butt, my easily aroused... I move a finger to meet it. Wet, hot as hell, my little hole immediately clenches down on it... Well-well... My pretty kitty's hungry for daddy's tasty “meat”?.. I'm Eve today, where is my Adam?.. Eh...Smiling to myself I close my eyes with my mind pleasantly “blank”. Relax, breathing deeply...Suddenly, in the silence of the nature

This enchanting sight named “Loveland Festival” will take place on Saturday 4th August 2007, there will be a continuation of last year’s successful first edition at the beautiful Sloterpark in Amsterdam. The first festival became the translation for all the passion and devotion in which Loveland have organized all of her events for the past [...]

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Butterflies and Business"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." ~Rabindranath TagoreIf you're an entrepreneur or small business owner, you know all too well about the TIME game. What's that? Basically, it's that feeling of trying to cross off every single thing on your to-do list before the end of the day.So what do you do if you're trapped in the 'too much to do, too little time' game? Get smart.Here's the thing - don't do everything on your list. That's right, life's too short. Yes, you may need to send that proposal to a prospective client, finish a report, write a letter, do some consulting, etc. but do you need to do everything on your list? How do you know what to do and not to do? This will vary depending on your business and lifestyle but there are some things you can do to simplify your day.Try this: - Every day, start out with a plan. Be sure to have 3 key high-payoff things you'd like to achieve. This will keep you focused and you won'

Another day with the computer here … As you know, shortly I will be setting up blogs for a couple of friends. So I have to know what I am doing and what the choices are. Toady I set a blog up at WordPress - they are hosting it. The address is dianeclancy.wordpress.com and the other new one is dianeclancy.blogspot.com (yesterday’s work.) Bucky in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy It has actually been quite fun seeing the differences among the 3 choices. On this WordPress blog, that I host on my site, I can make lots of adaptations very easily because I can get right in to the guts of the code and tweak things to my heart’s content. But on the Blogger blog, there are drop and drag templates that are quite simple to use. They have a lot of flexibility and you don’t need to know html to use this site. - (You don’t need to know html to host WordPress on your own site either - I want to make that clear.) - But I was frustrated at various times when I trie

Another day with the computer here … As you know, shortly I will be setting up blogs for a couple of friends. So I have to know what I am doing and what the choices are. Toady I set a blog up at WordPress - they are hosting it. The address is dianeclancy.wordpress.com and the other new one is dianeclancy.blogspot.com (yesterday’s work.) Bucky in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy It has actually been quite fun seeing the differences among the 3 choices. On this WordPress blog, that I host on my site, I can make lots of adaptations very easily because I can get right in to the guts of the code and tweak things to my heart’s content. But on the Blogger blog, there are drop and drag templates that are quite simple to use. They have a lot of flexibility and you don’t need to know html to use this site. - (You don’t need to know html to host WordPress on your own site either - I want to make that clear.) - But I was frustrated at various times when I trie

Emma looks like she is having fun … walking through the butterflies with her dainty little paw gracefully poised. What fun to have these beautiful, colorful butterflies all around. This is part of “Fanciful Animal Images” that are so popular with many people. Emma doesn’t have to worry about prioritizing in her life. Well, that may not be true, she probably has to decide which butterfly to chase. Emma in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy But I bet you are like me - often not sure how to prioritize the many tasks that lie strewn over my life (and house.) Actually, I too have many beautiful butterflies to chase … marketing these animal images (making the site, creating more images), online stores (posting more items in my stores, setting up CafePress, starting eBay), reworking my business card as suggested, work for clients, catching up on reading, researching and email, and, oh yes, painting - that’s right, I am an artist. I am sure you know

Thanks to your help, I am close to pinning down a name for my “Enhanced Animal Images,” probably soon to be known by another name. Some of you thought “enhanced” meant photo restoration - Sue O’Kieffe made that observation. So that isn’t such a great thing. I looked up in a dictionary and thesaurus and I didn’t find any good synonyms. Bambi in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy The last two days I have discussed this conundrum in posts Lady in Butterflies and Violet in Flowers and there have been some terrific comments. I am going to share what Chris O’Byrne (www.onlineartsmarketing.com) suggested. I would like to get your feedback. Chris says, “I was just listening to a marketing cd yesterday that emphasized how you can’t (and should not try) to be all things to all people. Choose a narrow niche and go deeper. Better yet, choose more than one niche and market those separately.” Chris continues, “If I saw Enhance

Butterfly Escape is not a room escape game, it is an action puzzle game. Help Buka free the butterflies by destroying balls of light before they reach the Dungeon of Darkness. Make matches of three or more like-colored balls to clear them from the board. Play this game! (If the game doesn’t work in firefox, try it with internet explorer)

This photogenic dog is a family member of my brother’s family. The kids love her greatly. In a post 2 days ago, I talked about starting a new site (within my regular site) for my enhanced animal images that I make. I take a photograph of an animal companion (this one is supplied by my brother) and put them into a field of flowers or butterflies. Lady in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy Yesterday Neda responded to my post with, “Good idea. Want some suggestions for the new business? How about “Petproject” or “Yourpetproject” or “digi-pet”?? Submitting these just for fun!” Thank you, Neda for being enthusiastic and having suggestions!! I appreciate your ideas! I hadn’t thought about having a new name for this part of my business. I have been using “Enhanced Animal Images” for these images. I have also been using the words “animal companion” rather than pet to show the significance animals have to many people. What do you think? What would y

With the huge growth that many cities and towns are experiencing we see the dwindling of Natural Meadows. With the absence of natural meadows, the habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife are dwindling too. Luckily butterflies are easily enticed back if you plant a garden where the caterpillar (pupa stage) has plants to eat and the butterfly has flowers to sip nectar. Butterfly gardens are easy to plant and will give you and your family a chance to see butterflies in their natural habitat. The basics are an open space with tons of sunshine and a shield from wind. Pick a site with lots of sunlight with a few rocks or stones that can heat up on which the butterflies can bask in the afternoon sun. Try to place your garden near hedges or shrubs that will help shield them from the strong winds. If it is too windy, the butterflies won’t stay around for long. The hedge or shrub could become food for the caterpillar. (more…)

In the post 2 days ago, Chris O’Byrne (www.onlineartsmarketing.com made suggestions about starting and promoting a website for my Enhanced Animal Images. His ideas got my creative juices going! Stella in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy Here is part of his comment “Give something away for free in exchange for a name and email address (yup that again). The freebie could be a five step mini-course on how to photograph your pet. After you get that information and the potential customer has received the mini-course, send them an offer to take one of their pet photos and enhance it for $9 to $19.” I am not a photographer - I am a designer and artist. But it helped me realize what I could give away that would be very unusual. As far as I know, no one else makes these kinds of enhanced animal images. I have shared in my past posts how to do this. But I could put together 5 steps (I guess 5 - I would have to see how it came out) on how to make your own enhanced animal

My enhanced animal images are pretty unique from what I gather. These unusual digital paintings are among my most universally popular images. Often when people see their “own” animal companion, they immediately stop and buy a card - and often all the cards with that particular animal. I have had requests to put people’s own animal companion into a field of flowers. This special series is admired by many. Freckles in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy Continuing with the idea of licensing (from yesterday’s post), I think it makes the most sense to start with the Enhanced Animal Images. There is no question which paintings belong in the collection. Many companies want a group of at least four images so they can create sets of products - like four place mats. I have plenty of these paintings using a variety of cats and dogs (and even a doe and bear cub). There are a butterfly theme and three flower themes. These images might be marketable to more companies tha