Tag: nature

  • Terrarium update

    I was away for about two weeks and was concerned what state the bug terrarium would be in upon my return. Thankfully, all seems well. There are so many roly polies…still a little concerned about overpopulation and think a centipede might be a beneficial addition. The Japanese beetle and the green stink bug are alive…

  • Bug terrarium

    My daughter and I have been keeping a bug terrarium for the last several weeks. It began as a roly-poly and springtail habitat but the list of inhabitants has now grown to include a Japanese beetle, a little spider, fungus gnats (unintentional tenants), a giant black beetle (that I think is a desert stink beetle?),…

  • Profiles in hopping

    Here’s a grasshopper hanging out near our front door, catching some sun and casting a sharp shadow. I believe it’s a Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis).

  • Northern Lights by Anna Katarina Boberg

    I just happened upon this incredible painting while perusing some comic book related blogs, specifically Sevasblog: things I like (which is not comics related, but which I found by clicking on one of the bloggers who followed a comics-blog I was checking out!). I was unfamiliar with this artist and am so pleased to have…

  • In the alley

  • Monarch caterpillar

    On a walk around midday today, we came across a couple of monarch caterpillars eating milkweed.

  • Foxglove

  • Afternoon rain

  • Spring!

  • Laid Back