amazing...

 do you remember this? a few weeks back both our girls found caterpillars...

within a day of us jar-ing them...they had woven their cocoons.

2 1/2 weeks later we were having breakfast and little miss A shouts "LOOK!!!" and this is what had hatched out...a moth.

I've never really taken note to how marvelous these creatures are...

look at their fur! It's so soft, almost looks like a mink coat.

we took them outside and miss A being the brave one, held the moth in the breeze until it flew off the dried leaf in her hand.

the girls asked everyday "when will the moth come out?"...2 weeks can be a long time for young children...which is why we have made a count-down chart to when we're heading over to the UK...because 3 weeks is EVEN longer!

It's BRIGHT...and sunny and it's going to be a WONDERFUL day...

I'll leave you with a few newly found blogs I have visited this past week::

Lesley Barnes

DUMBO

Eleonora Arroyo

HUGS and have a great day.

Char,ON

Congratulations to....

All of you who entered the Giveaway-and thank you for entering...which really weren't too many, and only a handful of you said it was a POLAR bear. This is the final product...about to be added to my Etsy Shop sometime this week...I've been behind in my inventory updating...but have been trying to find out how to advertise and market my work better to receive a higher amount of sales.
A HUGE congratulations to the winner....

Our eldest daughter helped out with this one, we wrote all the names on strips of paper and she wanted to pull one out for me...it's nearly 9am...Daddy and little sister are still sleeping...

So without further adieu...

The WINNER is Silke from Metamorphosis...

I'm SO pleased for you Silke, you must go and check out her fabulous blog...somewhere I visit frequently!

SILKE please choose: Your Favourite Animal, 2 colours and how many figures riding on your animal and whether they are boys or girls, or both.

I will get that painted for you within the next week.

Yesterday we were out at a neighbouring Street Party, they had blocked off either end of the street and set up a BBQ, Hockey nets, Bouncy Castle, Paddling pools, an outdoor movie screen for the evening entertainment and everyone bought their own chairs and drinks...we were there from 3pm-11.45pm...

The kids had a blast..it was a lot of fun! We got to meet and mingle with more neighbours...our neighbourhood is a very friendly one...sometimes I think I'm in the Islands because everyone says hello to each other whether you know them or not.

Thankfully our youngest is still sleeping because she doesn't do as well with little sleep!

We have another beautiful Summer Day today...I have another watercolour to paint...so until later...have a wonderful Sunday!

Char, Ontario