Monarch Butterflies

Sniffing the morning scents

 While I was drinking my coffee on the deck, I saw a magnificent monarch.  She was laying her eggs and after she flew away, I went looking for them on the underside of the leaves and I discovered an egg.

Here is the egg on the milkweed plant leaf. 
I put the leaf in this little dish with water and wait for the egg to hatch.

Here's the close up!

After a couple of days, the egg hatched.

The caterpillar chews and grows.