Peace, Love, and Butterflies

My kids and I spent yesterday at the Museum of Science in Boston. Sadly, the library was closed. The library wing is where the honey bee observation hive lives, and this meant that we couldn’t check out the honey bees. (Was that joy I saw on the faces of my children? Could they be sick to death of my honey bee mania?)

But, the butterfly garden was open:

I spent a long time setting up the shot below and waiting for a butterfly to flutter by. No luck. But isn’t the Boston skyline an interesting backdrop for a South American butterfly?

Later, in the gift shop, I came across a T-shirt emblazoned with the title of this post:

PEACE, LOVE, AND BUTTERFLIES

I didn’t buy one, because I have too much stuff as it is. But I am sitting here now thinking about peace and love and butterflies … and I have decided that these are good thoughts with which to begin a busy day.