Went hiking yesterday in not-my-park, found some spring:

( Spring under cut )

Look what I found today! Cyber spider, close relative of the Arachnopod, most likely, despite having six legs instead of eight.

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Found this via one of my coworkers - song is great for meditative hula hooping! Which I have gotten out of the habit of, and I really need to get back into. I keep getting wibbly at the dragonfly ^^

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Went to see the "Desolation of Smaug" Saturday with Mom - I spoilerized myself shamelessly beforehand, so it was about what I expected

( Spoilers, and why they need a park naturalist on the movie props staff... )

Off to do the annual Perseid meteor shower program at the park! We've got some high scattered cloud cover and a full moon, so the meteor count is likely to be pretty slim to none, but it's a gorgeous night for hanging out under the stars especially after the humid jungle-weather we had for most of July. Tonight's supposed to be the peak of meteor ( Read more... )

Remember monarch butterfly chrysalis on the water willow?

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Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight/tomorrow morning for all of us northern hemisphere folks!  Sorry southern hemisphere :(   I used to do 2am-5am programs, which are the best hours for meteor watching, but almost no one came, I can't imagine why, lol.  Now I do it from 10pm-12am, which has fewer meteors, but early on is when the really long, ( Read more... )

It is a rule of the universe that the yearly surprise inspection for my USDA animal exhibitor's license (that I'm required to have in order to do educational programs with my skunks and opossums) will be on the day that the house is at maximum clutter and grunge >_>  At least I was dressed - I'd just gotten out of the shower!  The licensing ( Read more... )

Houston, we have a hatching!  Remember the  teeny luna moth caterpillars?  Six gorgeous adult luna moths hatched out yesterday and today from their cocoons!!  :D  These are two of the females that I released on a big walnut tree.  The male flew away as soon as we went outside, we've got two more laddies that are still drying their wings and will be ( Read more... )

Feeling better, although apparently half a day of work and then coming home to vacuum and do a load of laundry requires a 5-hour nap to recover O_o  Good morning, world! ^_^

One of the really fun things about having my little pond is getting to actually recognize individual bugsand time to sit and observe them -- I see the same sorts of things at  ( Read more... )