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Vestry Notes (week of 4-12-26)

I had one of the most remarkable Easter encounters of my entire life on Easter Sunday itself as I walked the dogs.  We live on the edges of several hundreds of acres of woods with a stream flowing through it.  I have frequent encounters with wildlife from fox to coyote to an occasional black bear and a wide variety of birds and flowers.  Nothing quite prepared me for what I encountered on Easter, though.  As we wound our way towards home, what I saw amazed me.  It was only the second time ever I was blessed to see a Luna Moth in the wild!  Truth is, they are seldom seen, mostly because they live only long enough to mate and lay their eggs which takes about ten days total.  Surprisingly, they are very common but seldom seen as they are nocturnal as their name suggests.  They are among the largest moths in the world with a wingspan of 4 ½”!  Judging by her small antenna and the fact that the sun was still out, I am guessing she had just emerged from her chrysalis and was waiting for her wings to dry completely.

For me, this was an encounter with the Divine.  As a little girl, I would often sing “Bullfrogs and Butterflies, they’ve both been born again” without naming moths who are as well.   But, on Easter Sunday, there she was before my very eyes!

May you be as amazed as I was.  Alleluia, Christ is Risen, Alleluia!

Colleen Hintz for the Vestry

Paulette Bellew, Warden
Vestry Members: Melissa Allman, Paul Cecala-Treasurer, Agnes Clyne, Leslie Harden, Colleen Hintz, and Barbara Shannon.