General Discussion & Chat: ۞ Sweet Interruptions ۞ 49, 0 by fleursdefouquet

fleursdefouquet wrote:
How lucky can a gal be to have sistahs like you?!!!!!!

First thing after voting, I came home and filled in two holes Woody dug (his escape hatch yesterday) then tried to play with my new sewing machine but was too stressed and depressed over the Woody situation to concentrate. Had a screaming headache and my neck muscles were so tight that they were pulling my eyebrows up. Went back to bed and tried to go to sleep but the doorbell rang .........

It was FedEx delivering a BIRTHDAY PRESSIE from my SISTAHS! Thought it was something I had ordered and forgotten about but, no, the packing slip had Kathy's name on it and said Happy Birthday from your sisters. It is so cool! A butterfly kit with a pop-up habitat, items needed to feed caterpillers and butterflies, and a cup to house the caterpillers while they eat then form chrysalids. Also included is a certificate for the caterpillers - all I have to do is call and they send them to me. The caterpillers will form chrysalids in 5-10 days, then the butterflies will emerge in about 7-10 days. They will be Painted Lady butterflies! THANK YOU, SISTAHS!

I could order them now but the temps will be too low to release them into my garden (and there's not much left in the garden for them to feed on) and they would have to live out their 2-3 week lifespan inside the habitat. I think it would be much more exciting to be able to release them into our butterfly garden full of blooms for them to flutter around and feed. That means I would need to wait to order the caterpillers until next spring - when the temps stay above 55 degrees. Would that be ok with everyone? I promise to share pictures of them in the garden. Wouldn't that be more fun than taking pictures of them in a cage? They would be able to mate, lay eggs, and start a new generation of butterflies in the garden but not sure they would do that in the cage.

Gosh, I don't want to sound uninterested or ungrateful - because this pressie made my day! - but am thinking how much more fun it would be to watch them in the garden. Hope I'm not hurting anyone's feelings. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY DAY!