Just when you thought ....

.... you'd never see me again - well, I was going to be away for a bit longer, but I couldn't resist.  I've been watching Charlie here for about 10 days and he's been getting slowly bigger and bigger. 

He's on the mandarin tree right outside our front door. It won't be long before he becomes a chrysalis and then (one hopes) a beautiful Dainty Swallowtail butterfly.

In other news it's been a rugged few months, but things are settling down a bit now.  So maybe I can start blipping again.