Do you think you see?
What does seeing mean?
Do you think you see with your eyes only?
Look! Look at the glowing turquoise chrysalis.
Really see what is in front of your eyes.
See the butterfly forming inside.
See the black wing markings already taking shape.
See the gold spots.
Notice the gold spots.
(Click on the images to zoom in, they are high resolution.)
What do you see now?
Please tell me what you see.
I found the caterpillar that became this chrysalis as it was climbing up my storm door on June 21, 2017.
I am pretty sure the spirit of my recently departed mother sent it to me. She was an Aquarius, which is an air sign, and thus symbolized by a butterfly, which moves in air.
These photos were taken July 1, 2017.
I’ll try to update the progress of the transformation.
By the way, the black blob at the top is the scrunched up remains of what was the caterpillar’s skin. Usually it falls away from the chrysalis, but this time it got caught in the threads the caterpillar spun to attach itself to the jar I put it in.
After you have looked at the photos, or gone out and found your own caterpillar, read up on how to take care of them. It’s pretty easy. I was lucky to have the book “Sally’s Caterpillar“ when I was young. By the way, do not believe that you can download this book for free. A web search sent me to ahdio.co.uk/sallys/caterpillar/sallys_caterpillar.pdf which sent me to a bunch of other places and I got sucked into giving a credit card number but the file is NOT there. Maybe US residents are not allowed to see the file, but the book is apparently out of print.
You can also read or listen to my story (click on this link) about a little boy who finds a monarch caterpillar.
