The Butterfly House

In clear, luminous prose Marcia Preston brings readers the story of three women, connected by friendship, family secrets and a single moment that binds them together forever. As a child, Bobbie Lee found refuge from her lonely life at her best friend's house. Rockhaven was a place of magic, colored by the butterflies that Cincy Jaines's mother, Lenora, studied. Her friendship with Cincy and Lenora soon became Bobbie's compass. But the tangled intimacies between them began to unravel, and in one night,...

With illustrations by Paul Julien Meylan

Used - A woman must come to terms with the childhood secret she carries with her about the tragic fire that killed her mother.

"I was interested in this story from the start. For one thing, the setup is far enough from the traditional haunted house take that I couldn't accurately predict what was coming next. For another, while I figured that neither 'hostile' nor 'stranger' would last (I dreaded the inevitable blossoming romance that no story seems to be complete without), the author surprised me again. I won't tell you how, but whichever way you guess, I'm willing to bet you don't get it exactly right. T. K. Sheils has...

15" x 4" x 4" Put up 'as-is' or decorate to match your garden.

WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL saves a tiny caterpillar from a hungry jay, her grandfather helps her make a butterfly house to keep it safe.PThey decorate it with colorful flowers and leaves, and the girl watches over the larva as it transforms from caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. All too soon, it is time to set it free. But even as the years pass, and the young girl grows old, something amazing happens each spring. Butterflies come to her garden -- filling the air like autumn leaves! Could they be...

WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL saves a tiny caterpillar from a hungry jay, her grandfather helps her make a butterfly house to keep it safe.<P>They decorate it with colorful flowers and leaves, and the girl watches over the larva as it transforms from caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. All too soon, it is time to set it free. But even as the years pass, and the young girl grows old, something amazing happens each spring. Butterflies come to her garden — filling the air like autumn leaves! Could they...

In clear, luminous prose Marcia Preston brings readers the story of three women, connected by friendship, family secrets and a single moment that binds them together forever. As a child, Bobbie Lee found refuge from her lonely life at her best friend's house. Rockhaven was a place of magic, colored by the butterflies that Cincy Jaines's mother, Lenora, studied. Her friendship with Cincy and Lenora soon became Bobbie's compass. But the tangled intimacies between them began to unravel, and in one night,...

With illustrations by Paul Julien Meylan

Used - A woman must come to terms with the childhood secret she carries with her about the tragic fire that killed her mother.

Our wooden butterfly house allows you to provide shelter for overwintering types and their larva. Sturdily constructed, the house mounts easily to a pole or building. The roof is rust-resistant galvanized steel.