Adorable baby bunny is adorable.
Tag: fauna
Babeh Bunneh
This little guy was sitting next to my patio, eating grass like it was spaghetti. I am dead of cute!
Spider
Spider on Grave Marker
Baby Crow
I heard a flutter of flapping wings, then angry squawking, and when I looked out the window of my cubicle, I saw this little guy. A fledgling crow! I’ve never seen one before. He was righteously angry and very cute.
Concrete and Bumblebees
Kevin-Lee Scroughan 1960-60 GS
This was yet another homemade concrete grave marker.
Fieldstone Grave Marker
I’ve seen lots of blank fieldstone markers–just hunks of uninscribed, raw rock–but I’ve never, ever seen this sort of criss-cross pattern incised on a headstone before. I don’t know if it was preliminary to an inscription that was never made. If so, it would be unusual, as none of the other fieldstone markers in this cemetery were inscribed.
Gilbert West Married Roda Laman March 20, 1869 Died April 30, 1906
This is the first time I’ve seen a man’s headstone inscribed in this way, with his wife’s name. Usually it’s the woman whose headstone says “Wife of…” Fabulous!
Brown / Marion Lee 1862-1930 / Lourena 1864-1930 / Paul 1901-1930
I wonder what happened to this family, that killed them all at the same time.
Bumblebees on Multiflora
It was bright and sunny while I was at the cemetery, but as I was driving home, I noticed the sky in the west had darkened. I got home just before it started to rain. The weatherman had promised that Saturday would be nice, BUT HE LIED!
Millipede
I went to pick up the cat I’m sitting for, to take him for his weekly sub-q fluid treatment at the vet. When I got there, this little guy was trucking across the garage floor. He was moving surprisingly fast, so I couldn’t get a good close-up with all of him in the frame. Or in focus, for that matter. I grabbed a piece of cardboard, to block his way and force him to turn around, so that I’d have another chance to get his picture before he disappeared into a pile of junk, but I accidentally touched him with it. He immediately curled up in a pinwheel, which was kind of cool.
Moth, Again
The sad, dead moth is still sitting on the window sill outside the staff lounge.
Moth
This little guy has been sitting in the window sill outside the staff lounge for a couple of weeks now. I’m wondering how long it will be before someone disposes of the body.
Look at the Bones!
Yes, more dead stuff! You can take the girl out of the goth, but apparently you cannot take the goth out of the girl.
My mom gave me two boxes of deer bones, the last time I visited, and they’ve been sitting in the back of my car ever since. I finally got them out and took a good look at them today. Or, at the skull, at least.
Grass Spider
This little guy was hanging out above my patio blinds. I like spiders, but not huge ones IN MY HOUSE. I caught him in a wine glass, took a few pictures, then put him outside. Poor thing is likely to freeze, but I don’t feel sorry enough for him to let him stay inside, even if they are pretty much non-aggressive and harmless.
This is the only shot I got of his eyes, but just the top two rows. Grass spiders have eight eyes, with two in the first row, four in the middle row, and two in the last. The two pointy things sticking out of the end of his abdomen are his spinnerets. They’re really long and prominent on grass spiders.
red paper boat 