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Butterfly

Moth Not Butterfly

“What’s the difference between a moth and a butterfly?” I ask Hannah as we look at this picture of a silk moth that we took in the mountains behind Santa Barbara last year. These moths are huge. There bodies average around the size of my thumb and the wing span is as long as my […]

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Tell Them They Are Delicate

At bedtime Hannah turned to me and said, “make sure to tell people that butterflies are delicate and you should not pick flowers.” This brings up a very difficult topic for me. What is natural, what is decorative, and how do we preserve the line between the two? I love flowers in a vase, but […]