Blessing with Butterflies

I know this is sounds strange, but this is the second time this happened in my life.

See this butterfly? I know its hard to see the detail and the beauty, but it's hard to find a rare and beautiful butterfly like this. Tuesday, we bought a home and Wednesday night, before we left the home (we're having to do clean-up before moving in), we spotted this butterfly in the garage, fluttering around.

The last time I saw a bizarre butterfly was on my wedding day. It was petite with two solid pink wings and two solid yellow wings. I remember thinking how significant it was to see such a rare creation on such a sacred, special day.

when we spotted this butterfly Wednesday night, I had the same feeling. See, the home we just purchased is nothing less than our dream home. If we stay in this town (er, villiage) we will most likely never, ever move. And just the blessing of this home is a significant moment in our lives, just like our wedding day. Its like the beginning of yet another chapter in this crazy life. And it begins with another beautiful butterfly.

She is not my friend

In all her devilish pregnant glory, here is the black widow I pulverized with spider killer this morning. I found her not 2 feet from my back door, trying to enter my domain.

EEEEEEESH! I LOATHE SPIDERS and this mamacita I loathe on a scale of which I hate Brown Recluses (of which we have too) and the growing-in-popularity-since-Hurricane-Katrina, the BLACK recluse which is apparently when the Black Widow and Brown Recluse got together and... you know.

Why does God allow such demonic creatures to roam the earth? I guess for the same reason as murderers and sex offenders.....