How to Get a Butterfly on Your Finger

Step #1 Find your subject.

Step #2 Get in closer and on your knees (kind of like praying) and never throw your shadow on the butterfly.

Step #3 Slowly move your finger towards the butterfly. Move slowly & intentionally. If it's wings close, pause a moment.

Step #4 When you make contact, pause. It may climb aboard unassisted. If not, give it a slight nudge by moving closer.

Step #5 Butterfly onboard! Slowly bring to eye level. Communicate in your own way and enjoy the moment. It gets easier each time

Blue Star on Butterfly Hill in Albany.

Spirit Aid producer David Hayman on Butetrfly Hill 2-24-2002. That is not a braclet on his right forearm, its a butterfly!

This is one of at least five butterflies to land on David that day. My count was about a dozen.

Butterfly landed on my arm as I spoke about Rose Liberte's butterfly experience last year at the same location.

When I told David I wished there was another butterfly to land on his arm, mine flow off and landed on him. Wishes do come true.

Please read the story A Week Out of Time with the Butterfly Man in the stories section. She died the same day she completed it.