A discussion in one of my hangouts about bugs reminded me that I hadn’t posted these up to the blog yet! What is that cub looking at?
Why, it is a cicada! I’m not sure I had ever seen one alive before…..usually just see the skins left everywhere from when they emerge from the ground and molt into their above ground form. This fellow was quite calm and let us all examine him. Or her. 🙂
The first frost is coming here tonight. I covered up what little the deer or woodchuck haven’t taken a bite out of yet…..namely some yellow and red bell peppers which are still stubbornly green. Maybe I’ll get lucky and they’ll ripen before the killing frost. The tomatoes are a lost cause though, and the deer ate all the leaves off of my zucchini. Ah the joys and sorrows of living in a pocket of wilderness!
