miracles right before our eyes

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Please click on the thumbnail above to see our newest friend emerging right before our eyes! Mom was taking macros for me and suddenly exclaimed “oh oh! ALLISON!” Madame Butterfly popped open that chrysalis and came out within seconds! You can see the chrysalis with a split in it just as she was coming out, then the engorged abdomen, full of the fluids that she pumps into the wings to spread them. She sat on our jasmine and we brought her some lantana to sniff and drink. She flew off in the afternoon. I found it amazing that on this day of the inauguration, a day of dramatic new starts, that our butterfly chose to emerge. Metamorphosis is truly a miracle, repeated daily to remind us of the majesty with which we were each created by God.

3 Comments

  1. Liisa Roberts 21 January, 2009

    YOU GOT IT!!!! I am sooo excited you guys got to see this as well as snap some photos! How wonderful!

  2. Liisa Roberts 21 January, 2009

    And yes.. What a wonderful day to emerge. 🙂

  3. Edith 22 January, 2009

    Wow..what a wonderful thing to happen on such an amazing day. You got some great pictures too! How awesome.

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