It's all about writing books, making art, and exploring life's open spaces. Once in a while, you'll swim with me in warm waters with stinging jellyfish. But we'll probably survive and have a good laugh together. For more on my world and books: http://raeellenlee.com
Monday, February 14, 2005
Frangipani Acrobat
Frangipani Acrobat
On the property where I'm fortunate enough to live in a small cottage, several frangipani bushes grow. In the middle of winter (December or January) these colorful caterpillars magically appeared on the bushes, a dozen or so on the bush near the cottage porch. In a couple months they had eaten all the leaves off and dropped to the ground, although you could not see them anywhere. Surprisingly, the frangipani caterpillar does not become a beautiful butterfly. Instead, they become dark hawk moths. I'll try to post a photograph. What happened with these bushes happened all over he island. Within weeks new leaves emerged along with flower buds. Just this month, May, beautiful white flowers bloomed amidst fresh new leaves. There isn't much in this world that smells more fragrant than frangipani blossoms.
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