Saturday, August 28, 2010

Of Walking Sticks and Leaf-footed Bug Nymphs

At the Gardeners' Market this morning, two friends presented me gifts.

Lynne brought me a walking stick she had lifted from a bumper and plopped into a plastic grocery bag. So fast was he that I almost couldn't snap him or save him. I think I got him turned toward the treeline rather than the parking lot, finally.Tam asked me to come to her house and look at her "red ant-like bugs." Sure enough, gathered at the base of an okra leaf in the shade, a slew of little critters waited and then bolted, all under the watchful eye of their parent: leaf-footed bug and nymphs!If only every morning could begin with scones, friends, and bugs!

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