Meshed

A monarch butterfly backlit against a lace curtain.

Certainly gives it interesting new patterns.

I went for a walk around the classrooms today to see how everyone was settling back in after the holidays. Three monarchs had emerged from their chrysalises over the weekend and the students are waiting for a fine day to release them.

In the meantime they are kept safe in a huge box which has been turned into a butterfly house with the addition of cut-out windows covered in lace curtaining. They were all drying their wings in the sunlight coming through the window - and enjoying the warmth from the nearby radiator.