Jessica Morgan McAtee
The Butterfly Molt Pause
Messages in Nature Humans make sense of things with metaphor, stories and connections. We navigate our world by what we have seen before...
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Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Jun 3
- 4 min
Starting a Florida Butterfly Garden
You may know the formula for a successful butterfly habitat: host plants for local butterflies and nectar sources too
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Feb 20
- 6 min
Discover the Joy of Labeling Plants in Your Personal Butterfly Botanical Garden
Visiting a botanical garden brings me profound joy. If you are reading this, you can probably relate. My all-time favorite in Florida is...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Oct 7, 2023
- 3 min
Florida's Elegant Ruddy Daggerwing Butterfly
This post is about the Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) butterfly, its life stages and where to find one.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Oct 4, 2023
- 3 min
Top 5 Florida Butterflies
After having a butterfly garden in Florida for over 20 years, I have observed that certain butterflies are more common than others. For...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Jan 24, 2023
- 7 min
Top 10 Florida Butterfly Attractions!
One of my favorite things to do in Florida is visit a butterfly exhibit, here are my top 10 Butterfly Attractions.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Jan 22, 2023
- 4 min
40 Days of Transformation
Good News There was a time when I needed my faith to be defined by exact certainty, dogma and proof-texts. My world was black and white,...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Dec 28, 2022
- 5 min
How Storms Transform
My husband and I spend our summers in his hometown in Oregon. It is lovely and quiet and we live simply in the woods. Typically, being a...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Sep 17, 2022
- 4 min
Insecticides and Emotionicides
The parallels between nature and life are everywhere. When we attempt to only allow the positive emotions, but eliminate the negative ones,
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Aug 21, 2022
- 3 min
When Butterflies and God Go Missing
We learn much about God and existence by observing nature. Jesus told many parables and used natural processes in the lessons. For twenty...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Aug 7, 2022
- 5 min
Gospel in Butterflies
There was a time when I needed my faith to be defined by exact certainty, dogma and proof-texts. My world was black and white, or at...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Jun 29, 2022
- 6 min
Adventures in Sun-birding
Our epic story of Florida to Oregon to Florida each year Life by Design My husband and I are obsessed with optimizing our lives. We...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
Geographic Arbitrage and Limited Service Realty Bonus
Financial success comes with mindful habits and creativity. It is a way of life for us to be open to new ways to improve our numbers,...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Feb 8, 2022
- 6 min
Mindfulness Matters
How do we map the course of our lives? As I look back on my journey, the foundation of my transformation was in critically thinking about...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
Why Aren't Butterflies Visiting My Garden?
Here are common reasons that you aren't seeing butterflies in your garden.
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Nov 15, 2021
- 5 min
Travel Trailer Makeover
This project was completely unexpected and unsolicited. It happened when we purchased property for our Tiny House. The parcel came with...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
Florida's Zebra Longwing is Easy to Attract
Every fall, when we return to Florida from our Oregon summers, I am thrilled to see the first Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Jun 29, 2021
- 6 min
DIY Butterfly Houses: Eight Tips for Success
If you have ever visited a commercial or professionally orchestrated butterfly house, you know how amazing the experience can be. The...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Apr 18, 2021
- 9 min
12 Life-Changing Habits
I've done a ton of reading about life strategy, healthy living and the power of habits. Having coaches in areas of health, finance and...
Jessica Morgan McAtee
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
Big Trees Little Space
Once a gardener gets deeply entrenched in attracting butterflies, she may notice some spacial challenges. The plants her local...
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