The first photo is the normal look of the hedge plants in our walkway. The second photos is the look of some of the plants now, since the caterpillars have eaten away the leaves.
Some of the caterpillars are now getting into the stage of cocoon as seen in the last photo with the strands around it in the early stage creating a cocoon.
I have a suspicion most of the hedge plants have to give way to host the caterpillars as this is the breeding season. Soon we will have many more colourful butterflies in our garden!
This is the mystery of loss and gain.
Most of our losses have a the prospects of leading us to a gainful experience.
A father shared with me yesterday that he received a message to delay to join for a job overseas. He felt disappointed. It was during the COVID season. He realised that his wife's parents and his parents needed support and care as they took a longer time to recover from the complications of the COVID 19 infection. He feels grateful that he was stopped from going overseas at that time. His wife also needed his presence during the birth of their first child.
Life is a mystery of happenings in which the God of our lives is present in our life to unfold the mystery, which is larger than our plan and choice.
We may loose the foliage of the hedge plants temporarily till the breeding season is over; but it is for giving life butterflies!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo0
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