We have spent the last couple of days visiting with my aunt from Virginia. We had Indian food- twice!- and took her to the arboretum, of course. We take everyone who visits us to the Arboretum at some point. We talked and talked and talked. And we did a little fabric painting on some t-shirts and napkins. I did not take any pictures of Mary Jane's visit, but I did get a picture of this crazy guy-



He is a Cecropia Moth Larva and he rolls over when you touch him. He looks like this when he grows up. As far as I can tell... He is a little over 2 inches long and quite thick- thicker than my index finger. He rolls when you touch him and it makes you wonder if that is how he gets around, rolling and rolling and rolling. It is also a little like a dog rolling over to be pet, but you get the impression from this guy that it is meant to be a deflection- roll and they will miss! Roll and they will get confused! Eva and I were enamored with his rolling, however, and probably spent a little more time loving him than he expected.

And these are the kids' fabric paintings-



Samuel painted a knight fighting a monster and Eva painted a prince and princess with their intuition.