I'm creating a butterfly each day for a year! (for a very good cause!)
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Day 35 ~ Hobo Lee



Today's butterfly is dedicated to my good friend and pen pal extraordinaire: Hobo Lee. I met Lee over a love of trains. I have always wanted to try hopping a train. I was watching a movie about train hopping many years ago called "Catching Out." It was a great movie, and Lee happened to be in it. He really struck me a person I'd love to meet, so I wrote him a letter. Many months passed, and then one day I found a thick decorated envelope in my P.O. Box. It contained a 13 page letter from Lee and photos of his train hopping trip to Europe. That was 6 years ago, and we've been friends ever since.
As you can see, Lee loves to wear black. We've also had many discussions about duct tape and all the stuff you can use it for. Lee hates gray duct tape, but loves black duct tape, so I made his wings out of black duct tape.
Here's the trailer for the movie: "Catching Out." You can see Lee toward the end, dressed in black and talking about his love of train hopping.