A Day of Metamorphosis

We are in Costa Rica! It's our weekend - no class, yet alarm clocks were going off at 5:00 a.m. for a 6:30 a.m. departure with no idea where we were going. Talk about "in God we trust." The only thing we knew was that it was going to be warm to hot (and it was). It was after we were on the bus, seated with sleepy eyes, pillows and backpacks in hand, that we learned we were going to the Butterfly Farm and Britt Coffee Plantation.

At the Butterfly Farm, we were introduced to various kinds of butterflies: the Owl, Blue Monarch, Morpho, and others. Check out Susan holding the Halloween butterfly. However, my favorite story was about the butterflies mating. Did you know that in the butterfly Bible, it is the female who finds the "good thing." And, it is not just any husband, but it is the "par excellence" husband. They mate and produce 100 (50 male and 50 female) eggs.

May I offer you a cup of coffee, and it is not Juan Valdez! It's Britt! We tasted so many kinds of coffee today - seed and brewed - that we are still jumping up and down. Check out the bag of coffee David was looking to buy and Holly making a coffee toast to the newly weds.

Pat Turner-Olds