The weather is still chilly here, but a brief window of warm-ish weather allowed Monkey-B to shuttle some firewood to the new firepit.
Wooden Pyramids & Bamboo Chopsticks 🥢
During our few hours of decent weather today I split some firewood and Monkey-B wanted to shuttle the wheelbarrow. I built a pyramid as I usually do, biggest pieces on the bottom and smaller pieces on the top. I narrow it a bit towards the top also, and when the fire is lit from the top it can burn several hours. This fire lasted 6 hours after lighting with no maintenance whatsoever, and Monkey-B made some chopsticks from bamboo to entertain herself.
🐛 Bye-Bye Cocoons 🦋
Just after I lit the fire Srey-Yuu came running from the bathroom to tell Pov and I that butterflies are emerging from the cocoons attached to the ceiling. I darted over to the bathroom to have a look and snap some pics for a Hive post because that is pretty much the purpose of nearly every photo I take nowadays.
I've been watching these cocoons since the caterpillars began hanging, and I was really curious what the butterflies were going to look like. We indeed caught them at the perfect time, exiting the cocoons and unfurling their wings. This extreme wind and cold weather isn't friendly for a first flight, but I'm sure by now they are no longer in their hanging upside down.
My wife is the more serious insect photographer, so I stepped back and let her do her thing. She's got a slightly better camera on her phone too, so she can handle the macro shots where as I can only take my phone so close to subjects before things get blurry.
Firewood Thief 🪵
I found this cheeky woman stealing wood from the corner of my pyramid to use for boiling water to take a hot dipper shower. I scolded her and made big threats, and as you can see in the above photo, she is absolutely terrified of me 😉. Well, that pretty much does it for today. School registration starts tomorrow, so the four of us will be headed to town for the process and school supplies, etc.
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