butterflies

For the homeschool co-op science class, we've been raising butterflies from larvae to adult. Fun! These painted ladies fly around our living room, mostly feeding on sugar water from a green sponge. I had to add these last garden flowers to make their lives in captivity a little more colorful. They don't much seem to care for the flowers.

a belated Halloween laugh

Laugh with me. I lost the fake part of my front tooth at midnight on All Saints Day morning, when I tried opening a stubborn flip-top water bottle with my mouth. Uh huh. Now I have a photo to remember it by. I went five days without a complete front tooth and now, I'm delighted to say, I have a lovely new one.

I dressed up as a witch for Halloween. Too bad I didn't chip my tooth about six hours earlier.

The days without a complete tooth increased my compassion for people who don't have all their teeth. I found it to be a really vulnerable time, and I kept explaining my story to those who saw me. I was afraid of their (potential) judgment. Hmm.