Look! A new mommy butterfly!!
Originally uploaded by Sheriagogo.
It was time to head inside after a Father's Day morning of yard clean-up and get ready to go out for lunch; I was finishing up some under-the-deck sweeping, Steve had already bounded inside to change, and Liam was just heading up the stairs when Zoe started to shout "NO LIAM! Don't go up the stairs! There's SOMETHING on the stairs!!! It's a BUTTERFLY! It's a new MOMMY butterfly!!!"
It took a moment for her words to sink in. I had no idea what she was talking about so I finished up and went to investigate. Liam was frozen half-way up the stairs and Zoe was standing at the bottom, pointing and shouting. And there was a new butterfly just hanging there off the bottom step, drying it's boldly coloured new wings.
I called out to Steve to bring the camera and then peered under the step to look for the chrysalis. I had just swept behind the steps so I knew the butterfly hadn't been there only a few minutes before. Sure enough, there was the coccoon, stuck up under the step.
New beginnings. A good omen for the various things we have on the go these days.
