Bee on Garlic Chives

Spider on the Mailbox

It was sitting in the middle of its gorgeous, gigantic web until it saw me coming.

Lo on Hugh, Part II

Lo on Hugh at Night

The Beautiful Ground

And More on the Way

Sombreuil, Also in Bloom

Plumbago

Everything is bursting into sudden, late bloom. Is it Indian Summer?

Wasp on Garlic Chives

Tiny Scorpion II

The close-up of the weird red-orange thing on its leg. What is that?? A scorpion mite?

Fritz, Washing

Tiny Scorpion

I spent most of Saturday—the most beautiful, perfect day—outside lying on the chaise, reading and napping. At one point my pillow fell to the ground and when I picked it up, there was this tiny scorpion. Hugh's finger there for scale; flower there to protect Hugh's finger.


It had a curious red thing attached to its back leg. I thought I'd uploaded a close-up of it....oh well, later.

Dragonfly on Yucca

Who's Been Eating the Yucca?

Gorey Beetle 2010: #3

I found this little ironclad beetle in the gravel path between house and car; thought for once that I'd found one that really was really dead, as opposed to just playing dead. Brought it in, thinking to keep its little bod if really dead, but it was not; returned it to the outdoors, into the woodpile. They like it there.

Never seen one with such a mod, almost-paisley pattern!

Argiope Dinner, II

I think that this one was possibly a red wasp, a nest of which hangs under the eave of the shed quite close to the spider's web; but it's rather hard to tell once they get all wrapped and mummified.

Argiope Dinner, I

The argiope is gone today. Where did it go? Did it leave willingly, or did it become a tasty morsel for a passing bird? (Or coon or something? Do small mammals eat large spiders?) This was its dinner last Tuesday, September 21.

Argiope in the Garden

Loretta Claims the Photo Tent

Wednesday Sky

East


North


North


Northwest

On the Patio

Sitting out here with Lo, I just saw a bee pick up & carry away a small bit of hardboiled egg yolk that had fallen to the ground a few minutes before. How odd!

Tarantula on the Front Porch

By a rake, on the floor, for scale. She was quite large.

Wednesday Rainbow

Or portion thereof, at least