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Today’s big event? The last Monarch butterfly flew off in the early afternoon! I’m not sure why, but I named this one “Monet”. She was very pretty, just like one of his paintings.

So final roll call was 31 successful butterflies, out of 35 caterpillars. A success rate of 88.6%, which is a lot better than the 2-10% in the wild. 15 were boys, and until yesterday 15 girls. Monet’s emergence added one more to the girl column, though I feel sure, there’s a boy out in the wild that will even up the odds. I learned a lot doing this project. The whole process is very amazing, and to get to watch it close up was pretty cool, too.

The water feature has been built, but we are fine tuning the amount of splash. Hopefully this will be more under control by early next week. Once the feature is totally completed, I can begin to plant the remaining perennials and shrubs that I bought at the Fall plant sale a week ago.

We have rented a log splitter for the weekend, so that will be the next task on the to do list. Ash, hickory, pin oak, and hackberry wood awaits us. As I mentioned before, it’s one project after another. I told my daughter tonight that when we go to the beach in a few weeks, I plan on sticking my toes in the sand and having a nice piña colada asap.

Hubby and I are both due some real time off from regular chores, work that pays the bills, and home improvement projects. Also need a break from the day to day troubles that seem to afflict so many in our family. I’ll say this. I am never bored. Always something going on, and always, always, ALWAYS something to be grateful for! Thank you, Jesus, for all you have done for me!