Do What???

To find our what this little guy has to do with Sunday School, click over to my sister's blog! (She was thrilled to beat me to the punch in posting, although I took the pictures, they were on her camera. Very funny story! Cute little guy!

Night Life

We have had quite a few visitors to our front porch at night recently. We may have had them before, but we have been coming home later the past week with Bible Club. Anyway, here are some pictures of our "night life."

A big visitor!

This guy is a Polyphemus Moth. He is quite large, and took me quite by surprise when he flew up last night.

These guys are frequent visitors:

I think they like the cuisine! :)

Hmmm.... must be camera shy. I know some people like that!
They've had enough photography for one night!

Vanessa Flew!!

She is gone!! Nessa did turn into a beautiful butterfly. When I checked on her this afternoon, she was out of her chrysalis and ready to fly! ... and fly she did! I was able to get several pictures before she flew across the street. I hope she finds suitable flowers soon!

LET ME OUT!!!!

Ready for takeoff!!!

Beautiful!!!

Can you find Vanessa?
(She is trying to hide from me!)

Life

Mark found this t-shirt on one of his favorite sites: www.thinkgeek.com. He thought it was appropriate for me! :) I think it is pretty funny myself. How many of you reading this need one? hehehe!












Life just keeps trucking on! Work a little here and there, laundry, dishes, oh, and thanks, Dad, we now have our ice maker hooked up!! Then there is shopping: shoes = fun, groceries - not so much, but it is necessary, right? Then there is reading... I just finished A Young Woman's Call to Prayer by Elizabeth George. Very good and practical!! I love her books, she is a great author for women. For fiction I am reading It Happens Every Spring by Gary Chapman and Catherine Palmer. It is a fiction book based on Chapman's book The Four Seasons of Marriage.

A quick update on Angie, they have decided to go with the infusion, Remicade. Please pray that it has the effect needed and will help heal her intestines! Her doctor has had good experience with it in the past.

Nessa is still wrapped up, she has about eight more days before she is ready to come out. She is rather boring at the moment! :) Hopefully, I can catch her coming out, but I'm not too optomistic, I think I am working that day! Oh, well.

By the way, thank you for your comments! (especially those praying for Angie) As for everyone else who visits... *ahem* I would love to here from you and know who is stopping by! (hint, hint!) :) Some of you, I know who you are!!! hehehe!

Vanessa Changes

Well, I got an old caterpillar! Yesterday she had already started the pupa stage. Here she is spinning the attachment to hang on. Her spinnerets are right at her "neck."

Here she is getting ready to shed her old skin. I'm not sure how long she hung like this:


When I got up this morning this is what I found. My little caterpillar is going to be a butterfly! :)

She doesn't require any real care at this point. I only fed her for about 24 hours! One website I read just said to mist the cage every now and then to keep things from becoming too dry. For a descriptive article on this genus of butterfly click here (pdf).

Meet Vanessa

While out working in the yard yesterday - pulling up weeds - I found this caterpillar. She is now happily ensconced in a jar in my family room. I thought that I would post updates on her condition, as she develops. I did a little research and found out that she is a American Lady larva. Butterflies are some of my favorite creatures for various reasons, but mostly because of the life that they symbolize for a Christian - the new life that we have in Christ and our eternal life after death.

Back to Vanessa, so named from her classification Genus name. I think I will call her Nessa for short. (Nessie makes me think of Loch Ness!) :) She likes to eat dandylion leaves and she eats a lot. Well, did eat, but that is for the next post. I don't remember where I read this, but caterpillars can only see things in shades of green. I guess if that is all you eat, that is all you need to see! Here is Nessa in her new home: