Wordless Wednesday - You are getting sleepy

A Tale of Two Fleurps

First up is "Kitchen Fleurp" who is very hopeful that she will get a treat. Followed by "In the Sun Fleurp" who was also hoping for a treat, but was in the bedroom while I was taking some photos of Jack. I swear you can almost see the sparkles in her aura.

Kittenpillar watch 2017

There were a few cold nights over the weekend, and then I didn't go out and check on Toby and found he was still there and still green.

Getting photos of Pickle was much harder. Since he attached himself to the top of a mason jar and the leaves went right up to the top, my camera had no idea what to focus on and I wasn't doing a great job of getting the right focal point manually..

I wasn't thrilled with the small opening and the leaves all being up in Pickle's space, not to mention the poop that accumulated at the bottom of the jar was starting to mold, so I moved the cover to a wider mouth jar. What I am going to do in a few days when hatching starts, I'm not sure. Anyone have any suggestions?

We have chrysalis!

Wednesday night I saw this:

I checked on him several times in the evening but he continued to look like this (I should so totally name him - and a non-gender specific name since I have no idea if this is a boy) so I went to bed. In the morning I had this:

I"m kind of glad I missed the whole spectacle because instead of spinning a web around themselves they literally break their skin and molt into their chrysalis. There are interesting time lapse videos on YouTube if you are interested in seeing it. So in nine to fifteen days, hopefully, there will be a butterfly.

The one that is outside is a day or two ahead of the one inside so that one could very well hatch first. We'll have to see.

So, I'm back to not having anything to care for.. *sigh* I kinda hope my cats don't take this as a signal to get into trouble to make me care for them. Although, with this cold that is coming on, maybe I should just take some time and care for myself.

Eli is a happy boy

After everything this boy has been through, and considering how paranoid he is, it always amazes me when asks for belly rubs. I can never refuse him.