Grow Your Own

My family gave me a butterfly garden for my birthday, and the caterpillars are thriving. Soon we will have some lovely Painted Lady butterflies.

[Slava]

How cool is that? Looking forward to see the metamorphosis! :-)

[Shawnanne]

Very cool! What a cute gift idea! You're going to love the whole process...I did this with my kids a few years ago and it was a lot of fun. You'll have great photo opportunities too!!!

[Vicky G]

How very cool is that?! I look forward to seeing thier transformation through your photos!

[Jessica Gates]

That is awesome. Can't wait to see what they look like

[FunnyFace]

Me too, looking forward to seeing them later, fab!!

[Rudi Teruel]

how cool is that!!!! am too, excited to see how they evolve....

[carol bloomfield]

great - I know a little girl who would LOVE to have one of those!

[Kirsty .P]

Oh cool,where do you get one of them,my girls would love it.
Look forward to a butterfly pic!

[cglist]

That's great! It's such a wonderful transformation!

[Rebbecca Castillo]

ok so now we wait for butterfly pictures hehe :)

[Malena]

What a special birthday gift, Brad. :) I'm assuming you'll take pictures of the Painted Ladies too? :)

[Rick Schies]

Nice idea. Waiting for the final show.

[BRAD]

Very nice of them. Looking forward to seeing the results :)

[Tracy Watkins]

thats pretty cool.. great shot!

[Julie Ryan]

cool! That will be fun!

[Dorrena Ortega]

That's a fun project.

[brett currie]

what a fun gift!! can't wait to see photos!

[Lori Rompolski]

cool, can't wait to see the transformation. Happy Birthday Brad!

[Dalia ElMaghraby]

Ooh that's awesome!
I can't wait to see it too!

[Danna Bailey Anderson]

what a great idea! great shot!

[taleweaver]

interesting birthday present! can't wait to see the butterflies!

[thrillskills]

Fun project !!! Cool photo

[FaerieMoon]

Oh cool! We've done this! Have fun with it--don't send them my way when they hatch though... (:

[FaerieMoon]

And Happy Birthday (: (:

[Malcolm Johal]

Very cool. Great project for kids of all ages (my kids wouldn't let me play with their setup).

[jennylee]

Oh cool...I did this with my oldest daughter once, she cried when we had to let them go! Just a heads up on that!!

I've been singing Gordon Lightfoot for 3 days now, can't get it unstuck out of my head.....wow, I'm really showing my age! :(

[Theresa Reagan]

What a great gift....and a great shot full of action!

[Louise & Ken]

A very creative birthday idea...have you been following the saga of the butterflies on Karen's site this summer? Looking forward to seeing a couple more stages!

[stephanie dp]

happy birthday! looking forward to seeing their progression!

[jumel--pineda--chua]

belated happy birthday brad! and those are cool gifts. hope to see them blossom soon!

[migs meds]

thats fun, cant wait them how they look like when they grow, thanks for sharing.. happy birthday. :D

[Henriette Sparkes]

I'm sure we'll get to see them soon in all their splendour! Very original idea for a Birthday present :-)

[Pauline Smith]

Wow what a brilliant birthday present. Hope you had a lovely birthday.

[D Jasek Parisi]

Happy Birthday. What a great present. Nice photo of the babies.

[Louise & Ken]

Thanks for the birthday wishes, Brad! To say I was "a little surprised" to find the thread at the end of the day would be an understatement! What a wonderful community...amazing!

Got a card from my daughter in Chicago, & she got tickets for all us us to go to the HOB Gospel Breakfast in Chicago in October! I'd never have known if you hadn't mentioned it...I'm delighted with my gift! Thanks so much!