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You know, after the cold of winter it is so nice to be outside again! Even though here it’s been below average temperatures it’s still nice. I love walking around the yard, seeing everything turn green and watching God’s creation come to life.
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 Last week Ariel found a butterfly with its’ wings still wet. We rescued it from the ground and perched it in our garden. I thought this picture turned out well.
A few years back we had studied monarchs and watched them change and emerge. It was neat to hear what the girls remembered from then. It’s nice to know sometimes that the things we teach do stick (well once in awhile anyway!)
>  Here’s the scrapbook pages from 2006 showing our Monarch’s. I’m not sure if you can see but in the picture with the chrysalises hanging the back one looks black. They do that just before they turn clear and emerge. Many books and charts don’t tell you this. For instance this month’s Answer’s in Genesis magazine has a great pull-out section on butterfly’s. It includes a growth chart on Monarch’s but no black Chrysalis. I just mention this because the first time it happened to us I thought oh no I killed it!
You can also see how I left big pink boxes for wonderful journaling and there they still are! I'm way behind on scrapbook stuff. Oh well...
 Another thing I enjoy after the winter is getting out and watching our chickens. Okay, I know that may sound a little weird but it really is fun. They each have their own personality and can be so funny. I knew we’d really arrived when a couple of years ago my husband and I propped our lawn chairs in front of the chicken pen with cool drinks to relax for the evening! It beats TV!
This picture is of our Cuckoo Maraan rooster. He belongs to my youngest daughter Lexie, she named him Prince Caspian.
Well I hope you are all taking sometime to enjoy the green! | 
