Beautiful Monarch

This morning at 5:15 am a new monarch 

emerged from it's Chrysalis.

We had been watching it grow

 from a minute caterpillar to a very fat, 

yellow and black striped eating machine.

Then one morning, just a week ago,

 it spun a web and closed itself away in it's chrysalis.

It only took a couple of hours.

Just one short week later it emerged

 - a fully fledged, beautiful creation.

Such a quick transformation.

At lunch time today the residents where I work, 

set it free in the garden, 

where it attached itself to a Magnolia tree 

outside the dining room window.

It spent the afternoon drying and spreading its wings.

What a blessing.

Unfortunately my photo's didn't turn out 

so I've had to cheat and take some 

from the internet. I hope you don't mind.

Diana