Wordless Wednesday: Butterfly!

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Wordless Wednesday: Butterfly!

Photo Hunters: Hope

The Photo Hunters theme this week is hope. This is a hard one, because I do not know exactly what a picture of hope looks like. But then I realized, my butterflies are the perfect symbol for hope!

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

When I first saw my caterpillars, I could hardly believe they would one day become butterflies. See? They started off a little bit ugly.

But I had strong hope that, if I followed the directions, my caterpillars would change into beautiful butterflies!

I became even more hopeful when I saw the beautiful golden chrysalis. Even though there was also a little bit of caterpillar poops.

Then, it happened! My Painted Lady butterflies were borned!

Even though I wanted to keep them forever, I had to set them free. I hope they are happy. And have many baby butterflies.

Photo Hunters: Hope

Photo Hunters: Favorite

The theme for this week's Photo Hunt is: favorite. I have had several pets of my very own, and I been thinking real hard about which was my most favorite. I had a lot of fun with my jumping beans. But in the end, I could never really see eye to eye with my beans. Oh, and they got deaded, too.

I got to study my very own pet lizard in the Scientific Observation Pen. I enjoyed that a lot. But since I only got to keep him for less than an hour before he was released into the wild, I do not think he qualifies as a pet.

It was very exciting to create Sea Monkey life. Doing experiments is fun!

Here I am watching my baby Sea Monkeys develop.

But in the end, they all got deaded, too. And they never learned tricks. And I found out they are not really monkeys. I wish I could have a real monkey for a pet.

I also hatched my very own butterflies! They did not die, but I had to let them go. Even though I wanted to train them to walk on a leash.

Finally, here is my pet rock, sTony. He is a good pet.
And he is not deaded. I love you, pet rock. You are my favorite pet.

Photo Hunters: Favorite

How to Grow Some Butterflies

Welcome to my new pets! I know they look like little worms right now, but they are actually butterfly larvae. That's a fancy way of saying caterpillars. Soon, they will change into beautiful butterflies!

In 7 to 10 days, they will turn into chrysalides. Then, I must transfer them to this butterfly garden Habitat. I can hardly wait!

I hope the Habitat is big enough for them. How big do butterflies get, anyway? We will find out!

Now comes the important part: reading the instructions. This is just a little boring. But I do not want anything bad to happen to my pets.

The first part has some frequently asked questions (you can click to make it bigger if your eyes are No Good). It says I am Not Allowed to remove the lid and play with the larvae. Oh.

More words! I must keep the caterpillar container upright. There is supposed to be a little bit of silky webbing, and this is a good sign that they are well. I see the webbing! The instructions say the caterpillars will eat and grow many times their original size. This is very exciting!

I am looking inside the Habitat, but nothing is happening. My Mommie says I have to wait until we move the chrysalides in there. This is the boring part.

I will let you know how my pets are doing!

How to Grow Some Butterflies