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Photos/Video: Friends Of Hospice Butterfly Blast
Despite the less than welcoming weather, Friends of Hospice held their Lindos’ Butterfly Blast event on Saturday [June 3] at Victoria Park in Hamilton, with activities including live entertainment, food vendors, face painting, games and more. Related Stories Duck Derby Transformed To Butterfly Blast Gurret Donates Butterflies... Read more of this article
Wallpaper Wednesday: Pink Glass Butterfly
The latest design in Bernews’ weekly Wallpaper Wednesday series features a pink Bermuda flag glass butterfly. The design is available in two sizes; a Facebook profile cover image and also in a vertical format, ideally sized for use as a mobile phone wallpaper, WhatsApp status image or Instagram story. You can download both sizes below, and check... Read more of this article
Wallpaper Wednesday: Bermuda Glass Butterfly
The latest design in Bernews’ weekly Wallpaper Wednesday series features a glass butterfly with Bermuda flag accents adorning its wings. The design is also available below as a Facebook profile cover image, and you can check back on Bernews every Wednesday for our latest free phone wallpaper and social media graphic download. To access more phone... Read more of this article
Wallpaper Wednesday: Butterfly On Flower
The latest design in Bernews’ weekly Wallpaper Wednesday series shows a close up view of one of the island’s smaller residents, with this phone wallpaper/lock screen featuring an image of a Bermuda butterfly sitting on a flower. The design is also available below as a Facebook profile cover image, and you can check back on Bernews every Wednesday... Read more of this article
Gurret Donates Butterflies For “Butterfly Blast”
Local artist Nicky Gurret has donated her kaleidoscope of 250 blue butterflies to the Friends Of Hospice for their ”Butterfly Blast” event which is set to be held later this month. Ms Gurret is the creator of the current blue butterfly kaleidoscope installation titled “Transformation” at the Crow Lane roundabout. She has given... Read more of this article
Art Display Of Blue Butterflies At Roundabout
An art display of fluttering blue butterflies is featured at the Crow Lane Roundabout in Paget, having been created by local artist Nicky Gurret. A Government spokesperson explained, “Members of the public have no doubt noticed the art display of fluttering blue butterflies, accompanying the zinnia flowers planted in Crow Lane Roundabout, Paget. “In... Read more of this article
Duck Derby Transformed To Butterfly Blast
Friends Of Hospice announced that their annual Rubber Duck Derby will be transformed into an event called the Butterfly Blast, with the event set to take place on Saturday, September 12th at Victoria Park in Hamilton. A spokesperson said, “After 22 years, Friends of Hospice, the charity supporting Agape House, Bermuda’s only hospice, today... Read more of this article
Bermuda Butterflies Book Available Worldwide
Ras Mykkal, Bermudian photographer, dub poet and author, teamed up with award-winning graphic designer Stephan Johnstone to produce a book dedicated to the history, life cycle and illustration of Bermuda’s butterflies. Mr. Mykkal begin photographing the insects in 2006 and started working with Mr. Johnstone on the book in 2012. A spokesperson said,... Read more of this article
Book Review: “Bermuda’s Flying Flowers”
[Written by Cathy Stovell] I have to say a big thank you to Ras Mykkal for taking the time to share his butterfly fascination. His book Bermuda’s Flying Flowers is a text book of sorts of the seven butterflies that habit the Island. Written in his voice, he details the life cycle of the Cabbage White, Bermuda Buckeye, Cloudless and Clouded Sulphurs,... Read more of this article
Photo Exhibition To Highlight Island’s Butterflies
The Bermuda Society of Arts is getting set to open a photo exhibition highlighting the island’s butterflies, with the grand opening of ‘Flying Flowers’ by Ras Mykkal to be held on Friday, May 6. The event will be held from 5.00pm to 7.00pm, including a book signing, with the exhibition to remain available through May 31 at the Edinburgh... Read more of this article
Library & Minister Presented With Butterfly Book
Ras Mykkal — the author of ‘Bermuda’s Flying Flowers: The Seven Resident Butterflies of Bermuda- — recently presented the Minister of Education Wayne Scott, and the Director of Bermuda National Library Joanne Brangman with books and companion posters. Ras Mykkal and Minister Scott Bermuda’s Flying Flowers documents the full life... Read more of this article
“Exploring Bermuda’s Flying Flowers” Event
A lecture — “Exploring Bermuda’s Flying Flowers: The Seven Resident Butterflies Of Bermuda” — will be held at 7.00pm at Wednesday April 20th. It will be presented by Ras Mykkal, photographer and author of the book Bermuda’s Flying Flowers, and the public is invited to “join us to learn about the life cycles... Read more of this article
Orange Sulphur Butterfly Pays Bermuda A Visit
An Orange Sulpher butterfly was spotted at Spittal Pond over the weekend, representing what the Bermuda Audubon Society called “a very rare visitor to Bermuda.” ButterfliesAndMoths.com says about the Orange Sulpher butterfly’s range, “Southern Canada to central Mexico, coast to coast in the United States except for the Florida... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: Butterflies Flock To New House
Locals can stop by and watch some of nature’s most beautiful creatures, thanks to a new Butterfly House set up at Brighton Nurseries in Devonshire. Surrounded by flowering plants suitable for attracting butterflies, the aim of the ‘Butterfly House’ is to educate people as well as provide some basic information on butterflies found... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Regal Monarch Butterflies
Bermuda boasts a rare native population of non-migratory Monarch Butterflies which researchers believe had become established here by the mid-19th century. But the island also receives occasional visits from migratory North American Monarchs, known for their epic Winter treks across the continent to warm-weather locations in Mexico. The regal Monarch... Read more of this article
