In a few days or so...

I will have most of Hugh's quilt put together. I am excited it is going so fast. So heads up it will be tutorial with LOTS of pictures!

Katie's new pet(s)

Katie got a Sea Monkey kit for Christmas. While that may not seem exciting to some it has been great for us! It comes with a little container for them, a packet of water purifier, packet of eggs, and a packet of food. After letting the water purify for 24 hours you dump in the eggs and wait. No hassle!! So that's just what we did. I made sure the water was the right temperature for maximum egg hatching. A few days later we spotted little things in the water swimming around. Now when I say little things I mean LITTLE! I had to use I flash light shining down on the water to spot the little specks swimming in circles. So many of them too! Well after watching them grow day after day I started to notice they were disappearing. Finally one day I had to tell Katie there was only one left and not to worry if it died, I would buy more if it did. Well, thank goodness, it did not die. I did pump some air into the water and I think that helped. I guess I forgot to do that when the rest were alive. I read through the instructions again to see what I had missed. I also got online to see what to do about there only being one. Well I was informed there was a way to save the colony if there was sudden extinction. Well since we still had one I was to just leave it be for a while and all in all hope it was a female. Apparently female Sea Monkeys reproduce all by themselves. So I kept watch. I pumped in air everyday. Still keep watching. Then one day I see it. A little speck swimming in circles. YES!! The colony is saved!! Well, turns out they reproduce pretty dang quick. It seems like I saw a new baby everyday and now I can't even cunt how many are in there because of how many are now swimming around in it. As for our one female, she now has the name of Swimmy. Soon I am sure the babies will catch up to her size and we won't be able to tell them apart. But for now it works. So here are some pictures of Swimmy.

This has most of the container in the shot. And yes the babies are in there but like I said they are very small.

I cropped this picture and next so I could re-size them for a zoom. The black stuff near the end of her tail (I am guessing) are the eggs she carries. I don't know how often or how many eggs she releases at a time but it pretty neat to see all the babies! The green line down her is basically her digestive tract.

Just another shot. She was fast and I am surprised these even turned out this good.

(Next time I need to remember to clean off the out side of the container.)

HEY Look what I just found!!