Fired up the ol' coal stove...

Mmmmm...Toasty....

Meh...

The Writers Institute had Spike Lee at the University...

AquaDucks

We finally went on the much despised AquaDucks Tour. There was bingo. Prizes were won by all. (I hate that thing so much...)

They wash it...they wash it!!

We made some really cheesy (corny?) FiMO dough Candy Corn bracelets in homage to Lewis Black.


We also brought one of the cocoons with us to ensure I got pictures of the damn thing emerging.

Hurray for Butterflies!

Looks like most of the butterflies will be emerging today. The first one was already out this morning... wings inflated, ready to go. So we attached some milk weed to the stairs outside and waited... Click on any of the pictures to Biggie-Size it.

Emerging Butterflies

A few of the chrysalids have started changing a bit. Initially, they stayed green, but you could kinda see that there was a 'hull.' Later, you could see what seemed like a butterfly- pattern...

or since there is a leopard print, this was a butterfly print. You can probably make out what seems to be a wing in this picture. We didn't catch it, but one emerged well before the others and just hung out for a few hours inflating.

These are incredible!!

I want a little necklace-charm thingy that looks like this!

C&B at the hives

Cupcake Cake

Made a CupcakeCake for a 21st birthday party. I made the topper, too...wire, beads and little swarovski crystals. Thankfully, the initial was an elegant "A" and not something annoying and difficult, like an "I". If you're reading this and your name starts with an "I", consider that your initial sucks, I mean, I'm not talking about your initial.

Pattertillers

In the field today, Ken found some Monarch Catterpillars. He got eight, but then we had to share some. Stupid sharing...

Cards for Sarah

I think they turned out quite well. But I'm not completely happy with the extraordinarily long time it took for the stamp ink to dry on the vellum - hours! Sarah sez her's were the best.

Craft room floor

Ken installed the fake wood flooring in what will be my craft room...Hurray!

Kaya's bandages removed

Kinda icky...

Banged-up Bird

Here's Kaya with her newly amputated wing. After the attack, she was so drained that I could see her eye THROUGH her eyelid. Her face is well healed up...she had smashed it pretty good on the bars of the cage, trying to attack the raccoon. She's only got a single tail feather left. What a poor bird...I can't stop crying...