Nuggets Along the Trail: 6-29-11 Levee

Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

6-29-11 Levee

by Jacob

I have spent a lot of time on the levee that is north of our farm. It has a lot of different kinds of flowers. A few of the most popular ones are purple clover, Queen Anne’s lace, and milkweed. I have found countless monarch, black swallowtail, and painted lady caterpillars on the Queen Anne’s lace, milkweed, and thistles. The monarch larva (the real name for a caterpillar) eats milkweed, the black swallowtail eats Queen Anne’s lace, and the painted lady eats the thistles. Yumyum :) I have caught countless butterflies. I have caught almost all the different kinds of butterflies that live in central Illinois on the levee. And that is not a joke. Because of that levee, Jesse and I have a great butterfly collection.

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Good intentions produce little.
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