Wednesday our butterfly was born!! Roy was able to capture it with a time lapse. It was so amazing to see the butterfly colors emerge in the chrysalis and watch it become more defined each day. Wednesday night I prepared a sugar water mixture which I brushed on the cheese cloth. Although the web says they do not necessarily eat the first day our butterfly was clearly hungry and went right to the sugar and was eating. By Thursday afternoon it was clear the butterfly was eager to take off and since it was warm and sunny we walked over to Fresh Pond and let it go. We joked about how it was like sending a child off to college as we circled around to see if we could see it in the tree and then how much we felt it’s absence when we went home with the empty jar. We are learning about Monarchs now and figuring out how we can be their stewards.