Day 8 – cocoon time

By Dad on Jun 3, 2016 in General | 0 comments

The first catipillar started to make his cocoon.

Day 6 – catipillars

By Dad on Jun 1, 2016 in General | 0 comments

They are spinning webs and huge, I’d say almost fill size. Not sure how much longer they can lay in there before they are pushing each other out.

We got a picture

By Dad on Jun 1, 2016 in General | 0 comments

Kaatje managed to snap a picture here. Ya!!!

What a fast snake – since the post the snake has managed to cross the road, and get about 200ft back to his ‘hole’. All on a full mouse lunch. I released him a fair bit down the road into a field thinking he wouldn’t come back. I was wrong. And still faster than we can get a camera on him.

In my meeting, Michelle asked me to come outside. A blackish snake with dark markings. It happened all so fast I didn’t get a picture. As i stepped outside, Kaatje said she heard a squeal. As we moved some tall grass, sure enough there it was, coiled around a mouse. I pushed it into a bucket and crossed the road to release it. As I carried it, it was rattling...

Day 2 – catipillars

By Dad on May 28, 2016 in General | 0 comments

We should have taken a picture Thursday night when we picked them up. We had no idea they grew so fast. They were the size of a grain of rice. Little black things. This is only 48hrs later. The big two are easily the size of a penny (I know, what’s a penny you say). Not sure what the yellow stuff is nutritionally, but it’s certainly making them...