Here is another caterpillar/butterfly project that can make a great family project. With a little planning in the fall or spring to set out the right kinds of plants to attract these caterpillars, anyone can have success with this project. My husband and I choose flowers that attract bees and butterflies, nearly without exception. One such flower, a wildflower called Butterfly Weed, or Asclepius, is a favorite of ours – and of the Monarch butterfly. In the past three weeks we
I noticed this spider spinning a web as I walked around the house with my dog Missy this evening. The sun was going down. I suspected it might be one of the spiders that makes its web every evening and takes it down every morning. After posting this picture on Facebook I received some helpful information from my FB friends that helped me to identify the spider as well as to confirm my suspicions that it might take its web
It is not too late to find caterpillars and watch them pupate and eventually hatch into butterflies. I learned of Shelly Rubinstein’s project when she emailed me recently. She agreed to let me share the photos she had posted on her Facebook page. This male Black Swallowtail butterfly may still be drying his wings. Otherwise he would have flown away.
An easy to make flower doll One of my earliest memories of life on our Indiana farm was of my aunt showing me how to make a doll from the flower of the Althea bush growing in the front yard. The petals made a lovely long dress and the doll’s head was the unopened bud of another flower. While visiting my husband’s family I noticed the same flowers blooming all around and took advantage of the opportunity to make a
Looking for easy frozen snacks the kids can help make? Here are three: Cookies and Ice Cream Cake Buy a bag of your favorite cookies, the bigger the better, and a container of ice cream – whatever kind will go best with the cookies you picked. Soften the ice cream just enough so you can spread it, and spread a layer of ice cream in the bottom of a loaf pan. Then spread a layer of ice cream on a cookie, add
