Okay so its not a grasshopper but rather a praying mantis!! From our own front yard... I thought a green twig was in the small japanes maple but as I reached for it... well it MOVED! Yes, I admit it, I started a bit, not much but a bit. :) So we got the camera out and took pictures. And I mean a lot of pictures! Do you know how quickly a praying mantis can eat a fly?
Umm, yeah we did get pictures of that as well. It was incredible to watch! I mean I'm not really into bugs but seeing God's handiwork was so incredibly awesome!! I think we spent close to an hour just watching...
Well, much has been done in the past month but absolutely NO pictures have been taken. In fact I couldn't even find the camera for at least two weeks!!! How it got put away in the garage is beyond me... actually I seem to recall taking it out there to take pictures of a project and then being called away. I'm surprised it didn't end up in the freezer as preoccupied as I was for a while there. I mean, has anyone else found the missing lettuce or cucumber in the freezer before? I know its not just me... or is it? I know my mother has never misplaced anything. I mean, aside from the house... (when I was growing up she had a terrible sense of direction, thank goodness that isn't the case any longer!!!!)
Okay, here is a list of all that has been accomplished...
- garage cleared
- "garage" sale
- room painted
- vases glued
- washclothes crocheted
- mother's birthday present mailed on time!!! (something that hasn't occured in years!!)
- new tires on new "to us" pick-up truck
- closet cleaned/sorted/downsized
- books sorted
- supplies for new shed purchased
- herbs planted
- lawn mower fixed
- clothes sorted/sized
- list books on e-bay
- take garage sale "leftovers" to rescue mission store
- living room (almost done!!)
- paint kitchen-cabinets (once it cools off and we can leave the windows open without me sneezing my head off)
- preserve produce
- reorganized kitchen cabinets
- buy school clothes
- kill weeds in driveway
- start making homemade bread again
- make/start preparing beds for next years garden
- start on Christmas presents
- make jams/jellies/syrups from fruits in freezer
- CLOSE ON SALE OF HOUSE IN ALASKA!!! (hopefully by the end of this week!!!)
