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𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚜 🐛 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Quiet these last few humid weeks, spending time with family, waiting for a batch of Aria Domes to cure, and SURPRISE!! Rearing my first pair of Monarchs🦋
On December 15, 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the monarch is now a candidate under the Endangered Species Act.
Did you know that fewer than one out of every 10 monarch eggs will survive to become an adult butterfly? Monarchs have many natural enemies. Predators such as spiders and fire ants kill and eat monarch eggs and caterpillars. Some birds and wasps feed on adult butterflies. These predators are easy to see, but monarchs also suffer attacks from parasites, organisms that live inside the monarchs’ bodies. Some parasites that kill monarchs are insects themselves; these are called parasitoids. Other parasites are extremely small and can only be seen with a microscope. Just like humans, monarchs can get ill or die from diseases caused by parasitic bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoans.

How to help!? 🌿
Planting early-blooming flowers and 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 to fuel migrating monarchs on their paths to other states and help feed those baby cats!!

ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ɪs ᴀ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀғʟʏ.
It never ceases to amaze me how wonderfully you capture these oily art aria domes within your homes.
Wishing you all the beauty, strength & gumption for the week ahead.

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I wouldn't be who I am without you. Happy Father's Day to my Michael Jackson loving, Heineken drinking, POTTY-MOUTHED, NASA fanboy Dad. You'll never change, and I accept that.
Love you to the MOON and back. You too mom! There's no us without you.

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A tribute to this glorious, dainty dome piece. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚗 & 𝙿𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜.
Adore all of you for your love, strength and support as I navigate growing this small business while raising my sweet wildling toddler this Summer! ⋒