Beautiful Butterflies

The science project taking place in the Barnes’ residence these past few weeks has been quite interesting. In addition to providing hours of entertainment for Lucy, growing our butterflies has pushed this mom a bit out of her comfort zone.   So, when you look at these pictures, and see things that are looking like something from another planet, rest assured, it is all just part of the project…God’s intricacies of creation in all their glory. I have been a bit queasy with some of the different stages. Like the smells, or the weird shaped chrysalis, or the gunk that the caterpillars were eating, or the substance that looked like blood when they came out of their chrysalis….  Let’s just say this project has confirmed what I already knew:  I am not a bug/creature/science person.  But I will say this: the end result made it all worthwhile.  Lucy has loved every minute of it.

Giving them names.  (They had just come out of chrysalis.)

Eight days later...time to set them free.

kiss. kiss.

Giving them food for their first night out in the backyard.

Bye-bye butterflies!

The butterflies: beautiful. 

And watching Lucy name, nurture, feed, and talk to her little friends: priceless.