And I do mean itty bitty. He was about 3mm long. I thought it was a gnat at first, the way he was hopping around on my desk. Nope, just a very, very small, very, very bouncy spider.
Tag: fauna
Birdehs of Perpetual Motion
Polly is parked in the “crow’s nest” of the cat tree, watching the birds. So far today, we’ve had these silly little brown birds (house sparrows?), several crows, and a kestrel.
Duck Pond & Coral
Duck Pond
Coral
Taken this afternoon on one of my house sitting runs.
Fly
This little guy hung around my window all afternoon. It was rainy, so he must have been taking advantage of the building’s shelter.
Baby Eastern Box Turtle
I tried twice to move this guy out of harm’s way, but he keeps coming back to my patio. I think Harriet and the cats are about to lose their minds over him!
Raindrops on Spiderweb
There’s another funnel weaver web in my garden. The actual funnel is hidden inside the privacy fence, but judging from the size of the exterior bit, I’m guessing it’s large. The grass spiders are prolific this year, which is good. They aren’t aggressive and they eat a lot of bugs.
Praying Mantis
The second one is an inverted lens macro.
And now, More Adventures in Driving:
I made three trips to Unionville today, and on each trip, I was behind someone going at least 10mph under the speed limit.
One guy was going 20mph under the limit. And it’s not like the speed limit is 70mph or anything. It’s only 45mph. And it’s not like he was driving an old beater that maybe was incapable of going faster. He was driving a beautiful, brand new Cadillac. Maybe he was out for a nice, relaxing, s-l-o-o-o-w drive in the country, but if so, then hopefully next time he won’t pick the 5pm “rush” hour to do so. There were so many cars backed up behind mine that I couldn’t even count them all.
Oh, and one of those trips was to take the cat I’m sitting for to the vet. While there, I saw two clueless dog owners let their obviously fixin’-to-snark dogs sniff each other. They managed to separate them before an actual fight broke out, but good grief, talk about oblivious.
I also saw a gorgeous Pit Bull puppy with a jerkass owner who kept yanking on on her leash, then telling her “Sit! Sit! Sit!” Way to go, bozo, punishing the dog before you’ve even given the command and given her a chance to obey it. Not to mention, she obviously had no idea what “sit” meant. How about actually teaching the dog the command before you start correcting her for not following it?
I was also entertained by a young girl who asked each of the cat owners if she could pet their cats. She asked each cat’s name, then explained that her cat is named Bells (which I think is a pretty cool name for a kid to come up with), but that her brother’s cat is named Maleboy (I guess he was afraid someone might mistake his cat for a girl?). She declared Maleboy a horrible name, and I had to agree.
Funnel Web Weaver
I was unable to get a decent shot of the spider itself, because it’s at the bottom of the funnel, which is curved. It’s quite large, though. While I was taking photos of it, Henry supervised from inside.
Harvestman on Goldenrod
I saw some bits of yellow blooming in the far end of the yard, at the house where I’m cat sitting. I took my camera over to investigate, and found one lone clump of goldenrod. On it was a harvestman.
Harvestman
This poor guy had the misfortune to get caught in a cobweb weaver’s web.
red paper boat 