Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: My bad memory, 1 by Windy

Windy wrote:
A few weeks ago, I had to use a magnet I had attached to an old curtain rod to find something I dropped on the lawn.
I propped the magnet and rod up and forgot about it. When I did discover it, a chrysalis had formed on the top near the magnet.
I didn't know what to do with it, so I put it on the porch in a shelf hoping the butterfly would emerge soon.
A couple of weeks passed and I forgot all about the chrysalis and why the rod was sitting there so brought it inside.I propped it up by the light switch in the kitchen.
Today I worked out in the yard all day and when I came in, our dog was looking at the rod. There sat the butterfly. I still didn't remember the chrysalis and wondered why a butterfly would be in the house and just sitting, not flying. LOL
I finally noticed the discarded chrysalis and my memory came back. The wings were still wet, so that is why it was just sitting there. After taking some pictures of it, I took it outdoors where it sat for a short while and then had its first flight up, up and away.