Monarch Butterflies

Well, my mom-in-law started a hobby of raising monarch butterflies. She enjoys it. I had no plans to do it but it happened.....by mistake. I got a plant to add to my collection. I didn't know what it was and don't care. As long as it lives I'm happy. One day my in-laws were over and my mom saw the plant and told me what it was. It is a host plant for monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Every time they came over she inspected my plant for eggs. Then one day she saw a baby caterpillar! Holy shit was it adorable!! So tiny! She told me that I had to take the plant on my screened porch to protect it from being eaten. So here I am taking care of a baby caterpillar. Then one day I went out to check on it and there was another one! There were two but we missed seeing the second one at first. They eat the crap out of the host plant too. And they grow fast!

This is the one my mom-in-law found. It is so tiny. I was close to get the picture. But then took a picture of the plant so you can see how small the plant itself is.

Outside project and garden

We wanted a sitting area where we could have a garden and not worry about the dogs or our granddaughter. So we started this project and the results turned out very nice. We are happy with it. BUT it is hard to enjoy it during spring and summer down here in southwest florida!!! None the less tho we do like it and glad we finally finished it.

Just some stuff

Just pictures of a few things.

Fruit - a gift after surgery

Vinegar - you can flavor it

Applesauce - homemade and easy

Craft - something that both my daughter and I did

Work, Play, Eat

I know how long it's been, but does it really matter? This post is just a little of work time, play time and eating. I am a caregiver and took pictures of one the things I did with my last client. The family likes to go shooting when we can and took some pictures of that. And of course we like to eat! So we went to a new restaurant and took some pictures of that as well. Enjoy....we do!

October Cruise 2015

We took our cruise in October.....Halloween!! Drinks were free!! We went to four places on this cruise....Honduras, Belize, Costa Maya and Cozumel. Mom-in-law and I really liked Costa Maya. We took a shit load more picture than I want to post....lol. But I put some purdy awesome one's on here for ya.

Waiting to board the ship.

A very late post of Christmas 2015

We had a really good Christmas. I've not been posting like I keep saying I will. Oh well, I don't know what else to do but keep trying. So my pictures are getting full and I have time to post something. I'll start with Christmas! Also our Bugs second Christmas but her real first Christmas where she kinda knows what's going on.

First, before Christmas we put a mattress in the back of hubby's truck and go thru the neighborhood looking at lights. This was Bugs first time doing this. For a while she just keep saying "wow" and then feel asleep.

Good Eats

Here are a couple of new restaurants we tried. One was a Mexican place and another was just a small mom and pop. Which we really enjoy finding mom and pop places to eat at! Much better food than chain restaurants.