At certain times of the year we get monarch butterflies laying eggs on their preferred shrub here: the swan plant. When they hatch they grow quickly into one of these very colourful caterpillars. Many people grow swan plants to encourage the butterflies, which are quite big and colourful.
I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: Sheeple: Are they succumbing to fake news, misinformation, and propaganda. (posted 2025-09-24 at 17:12:31). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2029-09-09 Kiwi Values: From a practical perspective it has too many problems..
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