Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Nature — Butterfly Alphabet — by Guest Mom Burgin Streetman



Though this is probably old news by now, a few years back August was gifted a Butterfly Alphabet poster by his aunt, and I still adore it. Kjell Sandved was working for the Smithsonian when he realized you could find all the letters of the alphabet hidden in the wings of the world’s butterflies. Each picture lets you experience a sort of intimacy with the winged creatures that only lepidopterists enjoy. (Look it up.) You can even get your child’s name spelled out in butterfly letters. How cool is that?


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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I remember this alphabet, I've seen it printed somewhere (but can't remember the name of the mag)! It's magical... I tried to find it to show my daughter... Thank you very much for sharing!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 11:05:00 AM EDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is really cool! I may have to get my kids' names done! It's really amazing what we can find in nature if we only look.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 10:16:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Rebecca said...

This is actually way cool and I hadn't heard of it yet, i love it

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 12:03:00 AM EDT  
Blogger Vanessa said...

This is so cool, I love it!!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 12:05:00 AM EDT  
Blogger Burgin Streetman said...

I never get tired of looking at this thing.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 8:44:00 AM EDT  
Blogger Leigh said...

how wonderful!

Friday, June 27, 2008 at 5:27:00 PM EDT  

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