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Facts About Butterflies

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  Tomorrow is National learn about butterflies day and it's also Tyler's birthday and pi day.  So, I decided that for our photo challenge I would have today be about butterflies. In 2020 when you know what hit and the kids had to do school from home, Lydia's teacher gave them some caterpillars to raise at home.  So I have some photos of those butterflies and some others from wild butterflies that have landed on the kids.  Oh, Lydia also raised some in her 2nd or 3rd grade class. Fun facts about butterflies: They range in size from 1/8 inch to 12 inches. People believe that they can only see the colors Red, Green, and Yellow They have four wings and six legs. They eat nectar and fruit. They can fly up to 12 mph. They cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86. Their wings are transparent. They taste with their feet. They smell with their antennae. They are the second largest group of pollinators. They rest with their wings closed. They are fou...

Moab Baby

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  In August 2018 (after our 20th anniversary trip to Germany & France) we took the kids to Moab. We decided to stop in Price first and stay the night (Nick got rooms online before we even left) and then stayed in Moab for several days. We went to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. It was hot, but we had lots of water.  It was a really nice trip and fun to get away with the kids before school started.