April 22---Earth Day 2016.

[Catherine]

It was a terrible ice storm. Whole rows of trees were split right to the ground by the weight of the ice. I was lucky I didn't lose power, but many people did, for weeks. The ice falling from my neighbours tree was so bad I couldn't go out. My butterfly bushes split right to the ground.

We are working at replanting.

I have seen the butterfly mix. I do have a number of butterfly friendly plants. The butterflies love the butterfly bushes. One happy think happened. My next door neighbours have a baby butterfly bush seeded from one on my lost bushes. I miss my beautiful white one. I will replant, but it was not easy to get new bushes. I have a small purple one, but I want a new white one.