Last month, Hannah and I began collecting Monarch caterpillars. We set them up in a screened in box on the porch and cared for them with Milkweed scavenged from throughout town. The caterpillars still in our garden ate every leaf of all of my Milkweed – all that’s left are the stems.

Today we were able to study and photograph butterflies #2 and #3 before their wings fully dried and they flew off.

Even Gidget was eager to see what all of the excitement was about.

Hannah and I are not the only ones fascinated with our Monarch babies.

We have nine more Monarch babies to go, but as Hannah and I leave Monday for Ohio, I may miss the rest!