*This entry can also be found on my WordPress blog.
I’m going to start taking a careful look at various secular and non-Christian sources on exactly why we need to be concerned with Eastern/Occult/Mystical/New Age practices such as yoga, meditation, mindfulness, reiki, chakra alignment, energy...
My husband and I were out looking for Monarch eggs and caterpillars on Milkweed plants on July 21st and we were blessed to see a female Monarch come by and lay a few eggs on some of the leaves. We managed to bring back one of the eggs, collecting it moments after the butterfly laid it. :)...
July 20th - Today my little Monarch eclosed (emerged) from her chrysalis. Yesterday she gradually became darker and more visible through the shell and so I could tell that she would be coming out today. Altogether, I had her for about 3 weeks (June 28th -July 20th)
The weather here today is...
As I wrote in the last post, my Monarch caterpillar has now become a chrysalis. After waiting about 24 hours for the chrysalis to be safe to move, I carefully took it outside yesterday and got some photos. Here are several of them:
The chrysalis is so beautiful, almost like a little...
July 11th - Today my Monarch caterpillar shed his/her skin one last time and became a chrysalis.
It was 14 days ago that I found the caterpillar on a leaf of the honeyvine milkweed and in another 14 days (approximately) the Monarch should emerge as a beautiful butterfly. :)
Here is a video I...
The Monarch caterpillar I have been raising is now in his/her 5th and final instar! :) He/she has grown immensely throughout the past 11 days. Soon the caterpillar will find a place to secure itself, shed it's skin one more time, and become a chrysalis. I have provided a stick for this purpose...
July 5th - Caterpillar shed his/her skin this morning and is now in the 4th instar.
July 6th - Caterpillar seems significantly larger already and is very hungry. This is the most I've seen him/her eat yet. (Almost half a leaf by the afternoon). I gave him/her a fresh leaf around 4:00 pm and...
July 3 - Caterpillar was very still yesterday evening, overnight and throughout the early morning. It shed its skin this morning and is now in the 3rd instar.
July 4 - Caterpillar ate quite a significant amount today. Gave him/her another fresh leaf, cleaned out the mason jar and took some more...
July 1 - Caterpillar is now in 2nd instar. I gave him/her a new leaf and cleaned out the mason jar.
July 2 - I took some more photos and gave the caterpillar another fresh leaf as well as cleaning out the mason jar again. The caterpillars stripes are more visible now, and it has stripes on it's...
June 28, 2018 - I found a tiny little Monarch caterpillar on the underside of a leaf on the Honeyvine Milkweed my husband and I have growing on our railing. (It grows there every year). I carefully cut the leaf off the vine and placed it in a large mason jar with fine mesh over the top. The...
*This blog post was inspired by conversations I have had lately on these forums. (I have also posted this to my Wordpress blog).*
Something extremely dangerous has made its way into the Church. It seems good and right on the surface, but is in fact a diabolical lie and deception that is leading...