Arrowheads, Audubon Bird Calls, Peacock Feathers , Twig Pencils , Apache Tears-FRAMED BUTTERFLIES- WHOLESALE TO ALL

 REAL Framed Butterflies & Moths

Our butterflies and moths all come from Peru, home of 20% of the world's population of butterflies. They are farm-raised there in a conservation effort, which, in turn helps the butterflies that live in the wild. (We NEVER sell endangered butterflies or moths). Since our butterflies are farm-raised, the local Peruvians are provided with the opportunity to make a living on the butterfly farms instead of going out into the jungles to catch or net butterflies out in the jungles and rainforests. In some areas, there are little other resources to make a decent living, so farm-raising not only helps butterflies, it also helps the local Peruvian economy. Farm-raising butterflies not only protects butterflies in the wild, but it also helps by protecting the already shrinking jungle habitat of jungle and rainforest plants and trees. The butterfly farms consists of several giant, netted in areas about the size of football fields where our butterflies and moths go through all of their life cycles. They are never exposed to the natural predators that are found out in the wild, especially birds. They are able to live out their entire lives naturally...we NEVER harm or kill any of the specimens in our butterfly art. We want them to live out their entire lives so that they will reproduce by laying their eggs. Most of our tropical butterflies have lifespans of less than 2 weeks. After they die, they are dissected and preserved, then mounted with precision by hand in beautiful Brazilian Cedar frames. Each frame consists of two pieces of glass, and the specimens are mounted on the inside of the back piece. This is great way to display our specimens since both butterflies and moths can be so intriguing on both sides. There is a small hook on the back of each frame so that it can be hung from a wall. Some people enjoy displaying our butterfly frames on artistic stands, which are also very nice. Our butterfly art is expertly preserved for years and years of enjoyment.

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Peacock Feathers, Audubon Bird Call , Arrowheads, Apache Tears

"To give a friend or loved one an Apache Tears Good Luck Stone is to give them GOOD LUCK to carry with them forever."

      To us it's just a stone, but to the Ancient Ones it's a frozen tear, lost in the sands of time.  Giving one to a friend unlocks their tears and allows GOOD LUCK to flow, as it frees their spirit from Mother Earth!

 Apache Tear Drop is a form of black obsidian. It is a calming translucent stone, found in Arizona and other parts of the U.S. It is composed of feldspar, hornblende, biotite and quartz. It was formed by rhythmic crystallization that produces a separation of light and dark materials into spherical shapes, and is a form of volcanic glass.

There is a haunting legend about the Apache Tear Drop. After the Pinal Apaches had made several raids on a settlement in Arizona, the military regulars and some volunteers trailed the tracks of the stolen cattle and waited for dawn to attack the Apaches.

The Apaches, confident in the safety of their location, were completely surprised and out-numbered in the attack. Nearly 50 of the band of 75 Apaches were killed in the first volley of shots. The rest of the tribe retreated to the cliff's edge and chose death by leaping over the edge rather than die at the hands of the white men.

For years afterward those who ventured up the treacherous face of Big Pacacho in Arizona found skeletons, or could see the bleached bones wedged in the crevices of the side of the cliff.

The Apache Women and the lovers of those who had died gathered a short distance from the base of the cliff where the sands were white, and for a moon they wept for their dead. They mourned greatly, for they realized that not only had their 75 brave Apache warriors died, but with them had died the great fighting spirit of the Pinal Apaches.

Their sadness was so great, and their burden of sorrow so sincere that the Great Father imbedded into black stones the tears of the Apache Women who mourned their dead. These black obsidian stones, when held to the light, reveal the translucent tear of the Apache.

The stones are said to bring good luck to those possessing them. It is said that whoever owns an Apache Tear Drop will never have to cry again, for the Apache Women have shed their tears in place of yours.

The Apache tear drops are also said to balance the emotional nature and protect one from being taken advantage of. It can be carried as an amulet to stimulate success in business endeavors. It is also used to produce clear vision and to increase psychic powers.

Black obsidian is a powerful Meditation stone. The purpose of this gemstone is to bring to light that which is hidden from the conscious mind. It dissolves suppressed negative patterns and purifies them. It can create a somewhat radical behavior change as new positive attitudes replace old, negative, egocentric patterns.

WELCOME TO THE NATURE PAVILION OF PELHAM GRAYSON

Io was a priestess of the Greek goddess Hera. Hera was the jealous wife of Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus was indeed very unfaithful. When Zeus fell in love with Io, he transformed himself into the shape of a dark cloud to hide himself from his jealo us wife Hera. However, Hera looking on earth noticed the small cloud, and suspected that the cloud was one of the Jupiter's tricks. Thus, she approached to check the true nature of the cloud. As soon as Hera arrived, Zeus immediately transformed Io in a white cow to avoid his wife wrath. But Hera guessed the intrigue and asked the cow to Zeus as a gift. Zeus could not refuse such a little gift without giving himself away. Thus, Hera tied the poor cow and sent her faithful servant, Argus, to watch over Io. Argus had a hundred eyes and only a few were ever closed at any time. To free Io, Zeus sent his son Hermes to sing and tell boring stories to make Argus sleep with all his eyes. Hermes told so many stories that finally Argus closed all of his hundred eyes.

Hermes then killed Argus and untied Io who ran home free. Yet when Hera discovered what had occurred, she was so furious that she sent a vicious gadfly to sting the cow forever. Moreover, to honor the memory of her faithful servant, Hera put the hundred eyes of Argus on the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock. The hundred eyes could not see any more but beautifully decorate the tail of the peacock.

AUDUBON BIRD CALL

The classic, the one and only, the only one we know of, Audubon Bird Call. Even with today's technology, this little wooden bird call is still the way to draw out birds. It is not meant to mimic a particular bird. Twist the metal top around to mimic the twitter of generic birds to get a reaction and draw out the birds that are around.