Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis's & MLQ Update

It looks like 3 of the 6 Monarch chrysalis's are getting ready to hatch! I wanted to show the difference in colors from ones that are ready to hatch and what they look like when they are recently formed.

This is one that has a ways to go. When they first form they are green with a ring very glittery gold on the top. This particular one is about 1 week old.

 And these 2 are ready to hatch anytime now! You can actually see the colors on the butterfly! The chrysalis's are actually clear so the green ones are the caterpillar/butterfly going through metamorphosis.

 And this picture shows both the green and the black one together.
 So I am patiently waiting for their arrival. It is in  the 50's right now but it is suppose to warm up to 70F today.  That will be warm enough for them to fly and find food. Unfortunately most of the plants here in my yard were zapped by the cold spell last week. So they probably won't stay in my yard for long and will fly on to find food somewhere. They say you can put out rotting fruit or banana peels and they will eat that but I just see that as inviting unwanted critters to my yard. Bad enough there are fruit rats around eating from the orange trees nearby. I say let them stay there lol

****UPDATE*****
I just looked in the cage and saw this little beauty!! One down 2 to go!

 Notice the red string in the first pic? Well the web that the caterpillar made wasn't the best and it was hanging. I accidentally pulled it with a stem when I was putting more leaves in the cage. The poor thing fell to the bottom of the cage and was wiggling around. I tied a piece of  thread to it and then wove it through the screen and hung it from the top of my cage. I am so glad he/she came out OK!

 I've been stitching on My Lady's Quaker and have gotten  some done.
Here are before and after pics.

Being I picked my own colors for this piece I am just randomly deciding what color to use for each part of the design as I go along. I still haven't decided what color I want to do the alphabet. In a picture I have of the finished design the stitcher highlighted her initials in the alphabet by using a different color than the rest of the letters. I like that idea so I am going to do that.

Thanks so much for the wonderful comments on my last post! I truly appreciate them and for you stopping by!
Have a great day!