Nature

We have had fun experiencing a bit of nature this year.  Aunt Karen sent Brooklyn some caterpillars to watch as they become butterflies, and we have some crazy birds who think building a nest in a sprinkler under a deck in a house with a dog is a smart thing to do and a giant dragonfly.

Our caterpillars decided to grow at their own rate and in their own time.  We had one that went through the entire cycle before the others. 

We missed pictures as it flew away.Butterfly #2 flying away about a week later.

Butterfly #3, flying away the same day as #2.

Our last two slow growers were as different as could be.  The first one to make his chrysalis was the smallest caterpillar we had in the bunch, and our final one was a rather large caterpillar that turned into our largest butterfly in the end.

Butterfly #4, about a week after #2 & #3.And our monster butterfly that didn’t want a lot of pictures as it flew away, same day as #4.

Here is our mama or papa robin.And here is the next in our sprinkler, under our deck with four beautiful robin eggs.

The day we let some of our butterflies fly free we encountered a HUGE dragon fly on the screen door at the back of our house.  Brooklyn wasn’t sure what to think of a bug as big as her head, we thought it was pretty darn cool.