Winged Creatures | Blessings

Butterflies have appeared in art from 3500 years ago in ancient Egypt.  They are widely used in objects of art and jewelry: mounted in frames, embedded in resin, displayed in bottles, laminated in paper, and used in some mixed media artworks and furnishings.    In some cultures, butterflies symbolize rebirth.  Diderot's Encyclopédie cites butterflies as a symbol for the soul.  A Roman sculpture depicts a butterfly exiting the mouth of a dead man, representing the Roman belief that the soul leaves through the mouth. However, declining butterfly populations have been noticed in many areas of the world, and this phenomenon is consistent with the rapidly decreasing insect populations around the world as well.  At least in the Western United States, this collapse in the number of most species of butterflies has been determined to be driven by global climate change, specifically, by warmer autumns. So, you never know - considering the new climate change reports that were released recently, m