Even though my heritage is mostly Native American concerning both parents. I am a very fair complexed woman, my other relatives who are dark complexed, usually poke fun at my fairness. However, I do have some native features which include slanted eyes and high cheekbones. I have been previously labeled Goth, due in fact to my fair skin and my once completely black hair. As a fair person I rarely sunbathe. However, in my teenage days I did lay in the tanning beds. Now in my adulthood this is an activity I do not really practice unless I use gradual fake tanning. Neither the less, in the beginning of the June month I felt the urge to be outdoorsy, when previously this is not in my personality. So I decided I would begin sunbathing as a summer activity.
I live on a mountain with no neighbors. I have a wide clear trail behind the house that was once many moons ago a routed road. This was in the days of horse and buggy. This road is no longer connected the routes of the county road. Therefore it only leads deep into the forest. I am pretty much surrounded by the trees and animals. Living in Virginia I often see glimpses of forest animals. Bears, deer, raccoons and so on. So I am lying out in the warm sun and reading an interesting book. When a beautiful large brown and black butterfly began to fancy swarming all around my bikini clad body. It landed on my chair at my head. Then landed at my feet. Then back to the top of the lawn chair at my head. I sat up and began to talk to it.
The creature did not move or appear timid. I extended my hand in its direction, it did not move. I said “If you are really a little fairy in disguise crawl up on my hand”. Just as I spoke these words, the insect did just that. It crawled onto my hand and just sat there for a few minutes, I talked to it and it appeared to be listening. Strange I know, although I have heard butterflies are attracted to clothing color and will land on people. On through out the day the butterfly lingered near.
This incident happened on a Saturday. That night I told my husband about the insect and he laughs. The following morning, he says to me “Hey look out the door your friend is back”. I looked out the screen door. The butterfly was sitting on the welcome mat looking at the door, it waited there for a spell, well at least until I came out. I came outside and it swarmed around my body, I spoke softly to it. My husband came outside and stood on the porch, it landed on his big toe and he shook his foot, the insect flew away. The proceeding days after this incident I continued to see the same large butterfly lingering near the house and sitting on the doormat as if to wait on us to come out to talk. After about a week, it disappeared. I told my mother the story. She states that growing up her mother often told her old folk tales and superstitions. She had a brown butterfly land on her arm as a teenager. Her mother told her that this meant someone would purchase her a dress that was the same color as the insect. A week later she received a brown dress as a gift. Butterfly superstitions foretell the insect to be good luck if it lands on your body. Faerie lore portrays spirits of the forest to disguise themselves often as animals that includes insects. Whether I received luck or was visited by an individual fairy, I still had fun playing with my little visitor.
I live on a mountain with no neighbors. I have a wide clear trail behind the house that was once many moons ago a routed road. This was in the days of horse and buggy. This road is no longer connected the routes of the county road. Therefore it only leads deep into the forest. I am pretty much surrounded by the trees and animals. Living in Virginia I often see glimpses of forest animals. Bears, deer, raccoons and so on. So I am lying out in the warm sun and reading an interesting book. When a beautiful large brown and black butterfly began to fancy swarming all around my bikini clad body. It landed on my chair at my head. Then landed at my feet. Then back to the top of the lawn chair at my head. I sat up and began to talk to it.
The creature did not move or appear timid. I extended my hand in its direction, it did not move. I said “If you are really a little fairy in disguise crawl up on my hand”. Just as I spoke these words, the insect did just that. It crawled onto my hand and just sat there for a few minutes, I talked to it and it appeared to be listening. Strange I know, although I have heard butterflies are attracted to clothing color and will land on people. On through out the day the butterfly lingered near.
This incident happened on a Saturday. That night I told my husband about the insect and he laughs. The following morning, he says to me “Hey look out the door your friend is back”. I looked out the screen door. The butterfly was sitting on the welcome mat looking at the door, it waited there for a spell, well at least until I came out. I came outside and it swarmed around my body, I spoke softly to it. My husband came outside and stood on the porch, it landed on his big toe and he shook his foot, the insect flew away. The proceeding days after this incident I continued to see the same large butterfly lingering near the house and sitting on the doormat as if to wait on us to come out to talk. After about a week, it disappeared. I told my mother the story. She states that growing up her mother often told her old folk tales and superstitions. She had a brown butterfly land on her arm as a teenager. Her mother told her that this meant someone would purchase her a dress that was the same color as the insect. A week later she received a brown dress as a gift. Butterfly superstitions foretell the insect to be good luck if it lands on your body. Faerie lore portrays spirits of the forest to disguise themselves often as animals that includes insects. Whether I received luck or was visited by an individual fairy, I still had fun playing with my little visitor.
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