Monarchs emerging

For the last few weeks we have been watching the monarch caterpillars munch away on jewel weed leaves and seed pods in the Children's Garden. This last week we have watched many of them transform into a chrysalis and then emerge into a butterfly. The new chrysalis is a bright, lime green and it slowly changes to a dark green and then a deep black. The day it turns black you are sure to know it will emerge. I finally witnessed this with my son Arrow on Saturday and it truly is a beautiful thing that happens within about two minutes. Many people have never seen this happen and we do feel fortunate to experience this.