How to Make a Home for Worms

Start with a gloriously clear 76-degree March afternoon...oh, and make it a Friday.

Head to a great park loved by kids. Take your shoes (and socks) off.

Fortify yourself with picnic snacks...on a giant ladybug quilt.

Find the best sticks in the park and dig longish shallow tunnels.

Add a leaf flag so the worms can find the entrance.

Or maybe two...so they can also find the emergency exit.

Lovingly place a crisp maple leaf door.

And some worm snacks (formerly known as people snacks).

Dance excitedly on the picnic quilt for awhile.

Notice the piece of rotten bark nearby that a worm, several rolly-pollies, a centipede and a giant slug have taken refuge on in their ongoing quest for a new home.

Place it gently at the door of their waiting abode.

Remove the crisp maple leaf door so all the bugs can find the entrance.

Watch the giant slug beat a rapid purposeful path in the direction of his new home...and delightedly notice that slugs really do leave a slime trail.

Reluctantly head home for your people house...full of a joyous sense of accomplishment...

...and an aching back?

Much Love. Take Care.