Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. - Henry David Thoreau A random Sunflower plant is growing in my rocks - must've been a mouse or a vole that planted it there? I love the tiny… Continue reading Bugs galore and flowers we adore
Tag: ants
Where cats, ants, and sex cross paths
The one thing I imagined I'd look forward to with an empty nest is that our house would always be clean and tidy. There wouldn't be shoes and clothes strewn about. There wouldn't be messes on the floors, and stuff left behind the doors. There wouldn't be piles of papers on the counters. There wouldn't be… Continue reading Where cats, ants, and sex cross paths
Mountains – (ant and gopher style)
In rural Wisconsin, where we live, mountains aren’t a common sight. That is unless you’re an ant or a gopher and you’ve created your own mountain. While I'm busy in the house working through my mountains of paperwork, they are outside busy working on creating mountains out of the soil. EverydayAdventures2017 - Mountains - was… Continue reading Mountains – (ant and gopher style)
Ants and a bee, a surprising photo opportunity
Ah, I love summertime. It is fun to watch ants crawling around and bees flying from flower to flower. It's pretty cool to catch them both in the same spot doing their own thing. How can they be in the same place but seem like they aren't even paying attention to each other? When you… Continue reading Ants and a bee, a surprising photo opportunity