August 12th - If It Be Your Will

“If it be your will
That I speak no more
And my voice be still
As it was before
I will speak no more
I shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your will
If it be your will
That a voice be true
From this broken hill
I will sing to you
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing”
- Leonard Cohen

08.12.09

August 9th - Green Stink Bug Nymph

Green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare – Nymph
Pentatomidae, HEMIPTERA

All adult stink bugs are shield-shaped. Green and southern green stink bugs are bright green and measure 14.0 to 19.0 mm long. The major body regions of the green stink bug are bordered by a narrow, orange-yellow line. Brown stink bugs are dull brownish-yellow in color and 12.0 to 15.0 mm long.

Nymph - The nymphs of all three species are smaller than adults, but similar in shape. Green stink bug nymphs are predominantly black when small, but as they mature, they become green with orange and black markings.

The family name, Pentatomidae, comes from the Greek "pente" (five) + "tomos" (a section); perhaps a reference to the 5-segmented antennae, or perhaps a reference to the body, which, when viewed from above, appears to be divided into 5 large sections. The scutellum is the largest section.


08.09.09

August 3rd - Moon










“May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years.
May you wake up... and start dancing while you're still half-asleep.
May you spray-paint Rilke poems as graffiti on highway overpasses...
My you learn to identify by name 20 flowers, 15 trees, 10 clouds, and one extrasolar planet...
May you dream of taking a trip to the moon in a gondola powered by firecrackers and wild swans.”
- Rob Brezsny


08.03.09

August 2nd - Adoption

08.02.09














HB to the awesome W&T - may this be the fist of many decades of adventure and wonder!

July 29th - Silhouettes

07.29.09

July 27th - Sustained Offensive

The storms just refuse to retreat.

07.27.09

July 26th - It Was A Dark & Stormy Night...

The only things liking the rain.

07.26.09

July 25th - Bald-Faced Hornet

"Dolichovespula maculata is a North American insect which, despite commonly being called the bald-faced hornet (or white-faced hornet), is not a true hornet. It belongs to a genus of wasps called yellowjackets in North America, and is more distantly related to true hornets like the Asian giant hornet or European hornet, but the term "hornet" is often used colloquially to refer to any vespine with an exposed aerial nest.

The bald-faced hornet lives throughout North America, including southern Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the western coast of the United States, and most of the eastern US. They are most common in the southeastern United States. They are best known for their large football-shaped paper nest, which they build in the spring for raising their young. These nests can sometimes reach 3 feet tall. Like the median wasp Dolichovespula media in Europe, bald-faced hornets are extremely protective of their nests and will sting repeatedly if disturbed."

This nest is in an October Glory Maple that is potted and is on my patio waiting to be planted - I guess Bloom Where You Are Planted applies to hornets as well...

07.25.09