Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Butterflies are NOT Free


$89.76 – Cost of garden tools to dig up area for butterfly garden.

$14.99 – Cost of fertilizer for butterfly attracting plants.

$18.76 – Cost of variety of butterfly attracting plants.

$5.98 – Cost of ointment to relieve sunburn.

$686.00 – Cost of emergency room treatment for bee sting.

$145.00 – Cost of prescription to relieve swelling from bee sting.

$75.00 – Cost of hiring someone to dig up garden and set plants.

$178.00 – Cost of digital camera to take blurry picture of butterfly.

$957.00 – Cost of emergency room treatment from falling backward over garden tools used to dig up area for butterfly garden while trying to get better angle of butterfly when taking photo.

$29.78 – Cost of newspaper ad to sell garden tools, butterfly attracting plants, and camera.

Priceless – Loathing of stupid butterflies.


© Copyright text and photo 2008 Suzzwords

4 comments:

  1. Love your love of butterfly's Suzz, can't help but be alarmed by the cost of emergency room treatment in the States though!!

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  2. Susan....you are a stitch! I hope you didn't need any of those....hee, hee.

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  3. Your butterfly info is fascinating as I, too, think they are a marvel -- especially when I think of how they migrate such long distances.

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  4. I love butterflies, too, but you've shown that they sure aren't free!

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