Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Melanie's West Virginia Butterflies, 0 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
After I assessed the situation, I realized I didn't have too many cats to care for, so I brought them with me instead of leaving them at MOSI. Plus, I wanted to show Grandma the Zebra ST. We had one emerge while I was there, but I was antiquing with Dad so Mom took care of it. When we released it, it flew straight to a pawpaw tree! I showed Grandma and explained these butterflies use her pawpaws as the host, and they are friends so we don't want to squish them.

I was still looking for caterpillars on the pawpaw and beginning to give up hope. After I released the butterfly I went looking around - and I found a cat! He was a big green Zebra ST cat, just laying on top of a leaf like he was waiting for me to find him.

Zebra STs are special to me because they were the first cat I ever really raised. Plus, in WV you refer to grandpas as "Paw Paw". My grandpa was "Paw Paw Ray" and my grandma is "Maw Maw Betty". Paw Paw Ray loved eating paw paws and planted the trees so he could have them for the fruit. I don't think he planned for the butterflies, but I'm glad they enjoy the trees, too. Anytime I'm out in the paw paw patches looking for cats I think about Paw Paw Ray. I like to think my butterflies go see him once they're done with their life here on this earth.

Anyway, on a happier note, here's my Zebra ST cat doing yoga poses. I actually have no idea what he's doing, but he kept sitting this way.