*winter is back & another moth surprise

Finally taking a moment to sit down and writing here. I guess you are more into spring mode already, but those pictures are actually fitting today, because it is snowing right now! But at the beginning of March we had fabulous mild and sunny weather. In March we always have a lot to celebrate. It was also my Birthday on which I went on the search for snowdrops again and luckily I was successful, but apart from snowdrops, nature needs a little more time to wake up this year. The forests are still barren, but tiny buds are appearing more and more on the trees. I have finished knitting two more bandana scarfs, one for my sister and the other one for a dear friend. I also bisque fired my latest ceramics which are waiting now patiently for getting glazed. On the weekend I had to stay in bed most of the time, but something exciting happened! I think I did not mention it here yet, but some months ago, we found a strange, hairy thing on one of our firewood logs. I thought it looks like a cocoon, so I made some research and to my surprise it is the cocoon of the biggest existing moth species in Austria: the giant emperor moth (Wiener Nachtpfauenauge). So we put the log aside, but to be honest I did not have much hope that it will hatch, but yesterday in the morning it did! I have never seen one in real life before and I understand why it is so hard to get to see one. Not only because they are nocturnal, their life span is very short. They are living only a few days, don't eat and the only thing they are up for is searching a mate to reproduce, laying eggs and then they die. But I'm delighted! To be able to observe such beautiful creature so closely is amazing! I will for sure share some pictures soon! For now, I'm just showing you how the cocoon looked:

So stay tuned! :)

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