Off Topic - the lighter side of life

Ed1937

At 85 years of age, I became a new daddy. This is the first one I've successfully raised from an egg. She'll be headed to Mexico before long. My g-grandaughter named her Kaylee.

Caro_Lynne

Congratulations Ed! Great job! It's amazing how the last generation that flies to Mexico live up to 8 months while the ones prior to that only up to 6 weeks. I'm in Florida so mine stay here.

Jo C.

Ed! I had no idea! Kaylee is really beautiful. How satisfying this must feel and yet a bit sad to see her take off and go into her future which you have given her. Congratulations, Ed. What a feat to behold.

J.

M1

Congratulations papa. Very fun. We have tons of milkweed and have seen more this year, which is encouraging.

Denise1847

Congratulations! What a beautiful daughter you have.

A. Marie

Congratulations, Ed. I can't claim to have raised a monarch from an egg--but my flowers and buddleia bushes in my front yard are currently hosting a monarch mating frenzy. So it appears that I'm running a singles bar for butterflies.

Iris L.

Congratulations on your beautiful baby, Ed! You are a blessing to the butterflies.

A Marie, I just began using a face cream that uses buddleia davidii stem cells as an ingredient. I had never heard of this plant before, and now you mention it. What a coincidence!

Iris

Jeanne C.

This is the best thing I've heard all week. I love that Ed is papa butterfly. And I love that A Marie has a butterfly singles bar in her yard. Butterflies are a thing for my DH and me. Here's a recent picture of a butterfly suncatcher he gave me with its new dragonfly friend.

Jgirl57

Congratulations !! How very exciting !!!

mrahope

I once volunteered at a Nature Center and got to watch the entire life cycle of these beautiful creatures. Congratulations on your "new addition"!

White Crane

Congratulations , Ed!! Great job!!

Chammer

That is a beautiful picture of an amazing creature! I am impressed w the skill to hatch the egg and artistry to capture that beauty!

toolbeltexpert

That's too cool mayor papa

Beachfan

OMG, Ed! I’ve had a really long day. At first, all that registered in your post was “successfully raised from an egg”. I scrolled down, expecting to see a chicken and couldn’t imagine why your granddaughter was taking a newborn chick to Mexico. I had a long Mohs’ surgery today, but can’t blame after affects of anesthesia as it was site injected Lidocaine. I really need a drink. (Your new addition is beautiful, by the way.)

Ed1937

I had to look up Moh's surgery. Apparently it has a very high success rate. I'll say a little prayer for you, and I hope you heal quickly.

Ed1937

Thanks for the comments. Love the butterfly singles bar and the sun catcher. It's really amazing what happens during their life cycle.

Joe C.

Good job Ed!

Joydean

Fantastic! So proud of your success. I too have a lot of the milkweed plants! Between the butterflies and the hummingbirds I feel I have a little paradise! Know they will be leaving the end of this month 😢 but that’s the way it’s supposed to be!

congratulations on raising your first child!!

Pat6177

Caught in the act!

Ed1937

Pat, what a cool pic! You won't get many like that.

Iris L.

Pat, it took me a moment to figure out what I was seeing! Congratulations on your photography skills!

Iris

Iris L.

A Monarch in my yard during the summer.

Iris

Ed1937

Beautiful, Iris. What's his name? Looks like Eric to me.

Iris L.

Eric he shall be!

Pat6177

I had to take the picture and then enlarge it to be sure what I was seeing. 🤣 Love your butterfly Iris!