I saw this little guy while I was out with the dog. I liked the way he was perched, and luckily, he was still there when I came back with my camera.
We called these daddy longlegs when I was a kid. They are arachnids, but not spiders. Unlike spiders, which have two clear body segments, the harvestman’s cephalothorax and abdomen appear fused. Also unlike spiders, the have peni. Just FYI.
So the magic iPod gods decided to serve up NIN’s Piggy. And while I was listening to it, I got an email from a friend with photos of some pig cupcakes she’d made.
I usually see this stuff growing in fields or along the roadside. There are a couple of houses in my neighborhood, though, that have it growing in their gardens. One house has some sort of tall, orange flower growing with it, which makes a gorgeous contrast.
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous the past few days. Some of the trees are beginning to turn (sassafras and flame-leaf sumac are the first to go). I’m a little concerned that we haven’t had enough rain to get really nice colors, though. If it’s too dry, the leaves will turn straight to brown.
red paper boat 