Tomorrow I turn 20.  Yep, I'm 2 decades old.  I am celebrating by going to see the sunrise in ocean city and taking pictures of the ocean!  The sun rises at 6:55 am and I was born at 5:36, so I will be getting up around the time I was born.  That is early!  But I'm gonna do it, and Kait is coming with me.  I can't wait, I hope it's going to be a nice sunrise.  Anyways, I will post pictures tomorrow, on my day off!!

Oh! I'm raising monarchs!  here are some pictures of the progress:

This is the milkweed plant that the monarch larva eat.

There is a tiny larvae on the leaf in the middle of the frame.  See it?  It's white.

There he is!

There is a larva that is a little bigger, probably the second instar (5 total)

Another one...

A few bigger caterpillars.  See the pretty yellow?  I think they are so cute. :)

This one is getting ready to turn into a chrysalis. He's huge!  Prolly about 2 inches.

Look how cool it is!  He's got a few hours before he sheds for the last time and starts becoming a butterfly.

This is the beautiful monarch chrysalis.  I love the gold detail on it.  See the wing veins?

The butterfly should be done forming by sometime mid-next week!  Updates to follow :)