Posty All Over

Well, the caterpillars were a beautiful, deep, rich brown and rather than swarming, came slowly out and waited before flying off.

It was rather ethereal and unexpected. Well, for me. I kinda thought there might be a shower of 200+ butterflies. But they came, each in it's own time.

Me?
Well, I am still incubating the chrysalis thoughts.

I find myself rather swamped in my job.

I am also recuperating from some crazy tough virus that had some flu symptoms but mostly just kept me on my back for days.

And in the midst of it, these funny guys with their opinion. I don't know that I completely agree. I wasn't expecting the flu. But I'll ponder.

What do you think?

Oh, and are you still there?

Caterpillar update 2

Yesterday some of the over 200 butterflies waiting in there chrysalises were wiggling.  You can't imagine how giddy I'm feeling. I've never witnessed a butterfly emerging. When my kiddos were three and five we had a butterfly hatchery with 3. Those caterpillars did their work and I saw the butterflies, but missed the emerging. I'm guessing that with 200, I'll see the breaking free. Oh, and they came to my office so I won't likely miss them.

One of the gals I work with asked if they'd be pretty "or just brown." I'm don't really care what color they are, I can't get over:
the numbers,
the place,
the process (the climbing, the hanging, the stillness, the creating of the chrysalis, the stillness, the new ones who join late (real late bloomers), the wiggling and now, the color change - the chrysalises are becoming vaguely orange.

Which means, my friend is going to get pretty butterflies.
And I get 200 butterflies (which will be orange).

I asked a science teacher the other day, why they chose this place to congregate and how all of them got to these broad eaves outside my window. He said, they just know where their supposed to go. He assumed they do this every year. I assure you, they haven't in my three years and no one else seems to have noticed them before.

Perhaps a teeny caterpillar newsletter.

Or a way to hear the Creator.

Those broad eaves have come in very handy in our rainy, stormy, rainy weather.

I depart today with a promise that my camera goes too. And I leave you with great anticipation of the miracle of the butterflies.

Caterpillar update

Yesterday I walked outside to the beautiful area outside my office for a minute of quiet. I looked up to notice the caterpillars. And there they were, more, more and more climbing up to hitch themselves to a spot under the eves.

So this morning I brought my camera to capture one or two. I thought we'd gone from the original 26 to about 40. I started counting, and stopped at 140. They've gone all the way around the building.

Can you imagine?
Hundreds of butterflies.
Right here.
In front of me.