Friday, July 31, 2009

Butterfly encounter


A few weeks ago I went to a "Butterfly Encounter" at the Lilly nature center. They have 55 acres of prairie and woods. We saw lots of butterflies (though not as many as they have seen on warmer, sunnier days) but they are too hard to photograph. However, this monarch caterpillar sat still on its milkweed and I took its picture. It is probably a very hungry caterpillar.

Dan's rocks


This is a small box containing some rocks that belong to Dan. I think they may be ones that our neighbor polished, or maybe some that we bought. If Dan wants them, we will send them to him.

Grandpa's pin


My dad was a member of the engineering honorary, Sigma Xi. This is a picture of his membership pin, I think, though I may have it mixed up with some other pin belonging to other grandpa.
We also had a large blue book which was the membership list of Sigma Xi. We would use it as a booster seat sometimes.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Grandma's furniture

Here are pictures of Great-Grandma desk, chest of drawers, and dresser. She and Great-Grandpa bought the desk when they got married. I think the other furniture may have been Nana and Papa's before it belonged to Great-Grandma. She would like these things to stay in the family, so hopes that her children, grandchildren,or great-grandchildren want them.