{"id":6386,"date":"2018-09-03T14:08:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2018-09-30T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T20:02:09","slug":"metamorphosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/metamorphosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphosis\/New Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, August 22, I spied a (Monarch) caterpillar hanging from the bottom of a leaf. I&#8217;m been checking on the chrysalis regularly, hoping maybe to see the butterfly when it emerges. 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