Winged Things

This afternoon I decided at the last minute to go to a state park that is not far from my house. It was a beautiful day, far to nice to just spend inside doing laundry and sitting around. So instead I hiked a trail that is around 1.5 miles, give or take for my wrong turn. Along the wrong turn was this bright yellow bush and sitting on it was this little prima donna of a butterfly. She posed for me for over ten minutes and allowed me to get so close I was almost touching her with the camera. It was awesome!! I have thirteen great pictures of her, some with other insects in the picture and some solo. On my return trip by the bush once I discovered I had made a wrong turn she had been joined by her entire family as a dozen or more butterflies filled the air. They were not divas or prima donnas and refused to stay put long enough for me to get anything resembing a decent picture. It was amazing though to be surrounded by so many butterflies going everywhich way! This little one - she is my new best friend!

Oh Sh#*!

We are in deep sh#* here!



The child weights about 25 pounds, the diaper about 15. This is never what you want to see when a child comes waddling over to circle time after a short period of free play. Ironically, we had just checked the child's diaper not more than fifteen minutes before this blow out. I did not know whether to run screaming or to bow before one of such awesome power. In the end it was one un-holy sh#* and one huge mess. You can only do so much with baby wipes.