Peonies and Caterpillars

If you are ever in Glenwood, MN in the late spring, you need to stop by Peter's Sunset Beach Resort.

This is where we stay when we go away with Kris's family. It is a neat family-run resort on Lake Minnewaska. But the true highlight of this resort is the gardens. They are mature in fullness and variety. I wish I could go periodically throughout the year to see the other things bloom.

Scattered throughout the resort are gardens that are so beautiful. When we are there the peonies are in full bloom. I have never seen so many different varieties. It is really beautiful and relaxing. Above is a picture of one of the single peonies that they had blooming at the time. The girls and I took a few tours of the gardens looking for bees and butterflies.


We also say A LOT of caterpillars while we were there. It was actually really neat because we would see 15 - 20 climbing up a tree. We figured it was because they were getting ready to make their cocoons. We even held a few. Caroline would not touch them but Grace did. She thought it was really cool that a caterpillar would crawl on her. She never once flinched or anything until Caroline started crying because she did not want to touch it. Then the worry became that she would get bitten.

Oh well, it worked for a while. And they would still look at them and be amazed at how they climbed up the tree. We had fun counting them.

I hope it brings a smile to your face too.