yesterday, i saw the strangest thing

Yesterday it was time to deal with the recycling that was mounting in the kitchen - the cold weather and snow is definitely not the best incentive to be tidy.  Anyway, as I was sorting the trash outside, a monarch butterfly fluttered past me!

What was that silly thing doing in Ottawa in December? Shouldn't it be spreading its seed someplace in Mexico? The poor thing probably didn't get very far in this weather. It was quite odd, to say the least!

Butterfly exhibit on campus