SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30: The arboretum grounds will be closed to the public beginning at 12 pm for a private event. The Wisner House Gallery and exhibit are closed. Discovery Weekends is cancelled.
When the first part of this blog was posted our caterpillar was still inside its chrysalis; and it stayed inside for about 14 days. I was starting to wonder if something went wrong – usually the chrysalis becomes translucent but the one hanging outside our door was still very green. Was the butterfly ever going to emerge? Like a doting parent, I checked on it several times a day hoping that I would catch the moment when it began to crawl out of the chrysalis. As luck would have it, I came i...