So this week's focus is creating a Butterfly Garden. We recently met Janice Crowl the author and Harinani Orme the illustrator of the book "Pulelehua and Mamaki" at a book signing at the Bishop Museum. The book tells the story of Pulelehua (a Kamehameha Butterfly) and the wise mamaki tree where she grew up and returned to lay her egg. We decided we'd like to see more butterflies. This winter we had a large caterpillar visit us one afternoon and since we couldn't figure out what kind of caterpillar he was, and what kind of food he would need we released him from our terrarium. We believe he returned later as a huge moth so our interest was stoked.

There was also an article in my Canadian Living this month about how to create a butterfly garden and what flowers and trees work best. I'm not sure how this will translate in Hawaii but its worth a go. Yesterday we went to the Garden Shop and picked out some colorful plants. Next we need to find a Crown Flower cutting and start growing our own Crown Flower. Hannah enjoyed painting a pot for our garden.