Lots a Jam

First of all I want to say how much I enjoy your comments...they either make me cry or "hold my belly cause it hurts" laugh. Tracy, the crocs come in all kinds of funky colors...hot pink, tangerine, lime, and then some more traditional colors like navy and red. If you can't get the jibbets let me know and I'll pick you up some. Yes, another convert!!!
Ok, this is a photo of two of the grossest and largest caterpillars I have every seen. We have been on the internet trying to find out what kind they are but haven't been able to identify them yet. We are going to keep them and see if they form a cocoon and what they turn into. You can't really tell from the photo but the green one has these spikes coming from it that are blue, orange and yellow. The brown one has two sets of horns in the front and one large one on its tail. It has diagonal stripes on its body. If there are any insect experts out there who could tells us what these are you would make two little boys (and one frazzled mother) very happy.
I woke up this morning and breathed a sigh of relief...the nausea, fatigue and other nasty side effects were totally gone and I finally felt like myself. So I made jam. Lots and lots of jam. Strawberry (from our orchard), blueberry, plum (just picked this morning from our orchard) and strawberry-rhubarb. I don't know why but the idea just popped into my to make some jam. Maybe its all the homemade bread that people have been giving us that just screams to be smothered in homemade jam or that all last years homemade jam is long gone or that I really enjoy making jam. I don't know but I had a very enjoyable morning in the kitchen being domestic. The smell of all that fruit cooking was heavenly and hearing all those lids popping as the seals set gave me goosebumps. Life is good !