Last year we did this–bundled all the bedding, towels, and so forth into heavy bags and taped them shut. The mice did not disturb one thing, though mice could easily chew through these, they did not. So we did it this year again. It’s a huge pain to try and haul and store all that […]
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The caterpillar hatched. He was noticed late at night, so he was placed outside in the morning. We weren’t sure if he was okay or not. We hope so. The flower pots were planted, most of them anyway. Today I dragged the man to the garden store again and we brought home two kinds of
jay and james, john and dan, putting something together Between the wooly bear caterpillar Tim has in a big water tumbler in the kitchen, and crawling around in the garden tonight, and Little Jay getting ready to go back to the dorm on Monday, I remembered this writing from a long time ago. I wrote
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There it is. I think this type of caterpillar turns into a Mourning Cloak butterfly. We’ll find out. love, Val
This caterpillar is getting ready to spin a cocoon. The transformation has started, right on Tim’s dresser. Very cool. love, Val
These weird looking little things turn into somewhat attractive orange butterflies eventually. He’s giving her a bit of advice here. Pretty sure she’s not going to take it. That’s how she is. Don’t worry. She’ll figure it out. Save your breath. This little patio rambler was here this week. He reads books in the hallway.
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The kids brought friends to the lake, and also our niece. The weather was beautiful. It was a very good time. Others will be at the lake in the weeks to come, but we won’t be back for a month or more, so glad we made it there one more time in August. swimming–-that basketball
Okay, yesterday in traffic Maria and I were on a hill, and the city skyline was perfectly framed with all these wild storm clouds. Well, the stop light changed as she fiddled with the camera, and I had to drive down the hill, and this is all we got. I don’t blame her. It was
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The scary looking caterpillars began hatching today. They were the spiky hair type Tim caught on the patio a few weeks ago. He had five and kept them in two big glass tumblers on the buffet. We let them go in the garden. Kari took pictures. They’re called Mourning Cloak butterflies–something new to us. There
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There is a cocoon on our house, over the back steps, near one of the dryer vents. Last night, the caterpillar attached itself to the edge of the siding, hung upside down in the typical getting-ready-to-transform J shape and hung there trembling. This morning there’s a cocoon. Tim was a little freaked out by these
