the caterpillary part 2

We have had a lot of butterflies hatch in the last few days

chrysalises

 butterfly

the swan plant

the girl's Garden

Last winter Hannah,Renee and I decided we needed more garden

 this was the only available space

so we weeded it

and planted tomatoes,pumpkin and lot of flowers

  here are some of the tomatoes

by Bryony

star wars

star wars has been the latest thing around here everyone has been making light sabers and things like that.

 a pastel Jedi Princess

                             Darth Vader

Clone trooper

a Jedi battle

by Bryony

Musical pioneering

The kids have discovered a new instrument!

Hand-me-downs

Petra has grown out of the princess dress.  It is now Eva's.
Grandma and Grandad got this dress in the US (I think), for Renee, who was 2.  It has lasted really well, through Renee, Hannah, and Petra.  Eva's pretty pleased that she can have it now

Baby Bunnies

Our beautiful but slightly stupid rabbit Autumn had babies a few days ago, four of them.  A couple of days later we found one wriggling across the grass trying to catch hypothermia.  Luckily it was a warm day and he is ok, although we had to put a board across the doorway so he can't get out again.

Caterpillary

We had a caterpillary on our windowsill.  Now it is more of a chrysalis collection

This (above) is one branch, the other has even more chrysalises on it.

They are quite beautiful, close up.  In a week or so they will all hatch out and we'll let them go and lay eggs somewhere, hopefully not on Renee's swan-plant.  For the first time ever we have managed to keep a swan-plant alive long enough to grow seedpods, and Renee is keen to collect the seeds.  She'll probably have to put a net over it to protect it from voracious caterpillars.