When she transformed into a butterfly the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings. _Dean Jackson

A post in pics: We have new neighbors, they brought over this gorgeous plant

My patio flowers are flourishing with the wonderful weather we have been enjoying in Calif

There is a plant growing in the middle of our pool floor

Early Valentine love from a caterpillar

Metamorphosis in the bathtub

My hub using his magic breath to start a sparkler and ring out 2011, Hello 2012!

So, I’ve been painting anthropomorphic type caterpillar girls and this morning when I went out back to wash off the patio, this dude fell from the grapevine covering our pergola.  He is quite big I wonder if any one knows what kind of moth he will become. I wanted to pick him up to take a pic of the face but man I got the heebie jeebies.

almost finished oil on canvas

From my Caterpillher series or Hungry girls….the idea for caterpillhers came to me when I thought about anorexic girls who are hungry all the time but don’t eat and or when they do, they eat and eat and eat until they vomit, you know bulimic, I suppose I should create fly inspired girls for that though since flys I believe regurgitate! Anyway, I also thought of termites but then, caterpillars are so much more beautiful then termites! No offense to eating disordered females since I think its half the women in the US and possibly ninety percent in Southern California!

Caterpillher in Hooves