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Last weekend a friend and I crawled through the awkward streets of the west bottoms to photograph. While I seriously need to have my camera professionally cleaned, I did manage to get some shots even I’m impressed with. I’ve cleaned a couple up to my liking….
More to come, eventually.
As I was stumbling out the door this morning I saw my ChacoTaco flipped for a molt. Had to leave, but came home to this:
Awesome.
Yesterday was monkeyday. I took my camera and despite having something in or on the lens I got some good shots of the market and the kid. That surprised me, as I’m usaully about half a second too late to get a good shot of her. In the next couple of days I’ll clean them up.
Today I left work early plagued with a sudden head cold, and stopped by the pet store for some wax worms on the way home. And this I found:
Grammostola aureostriata “Chaco Golden Knee”
And cuteness makes three.
So early this morning, not long past dawn, my friend and I were outside by the garden exchanging observations and the usual nonsense, when out of the corner of my eye I see a blur, followed by a small hollow thud in the dirt beside us. A cicada killer had plucked from midair a cicada that was quite large and apparently juicy. We watched silent, as this delicately brutal dance played out. After a minute or two, the wasp took her prey in all six legs and flew off into the sunrise with the mechanical whir of paper wings.
Awesome.
I found this little guy wandering around and had to get some shots.
I seem to have little to no creativity lately. It could be that I’ve been working overtime a lot the last couple of weeks. The last thing I want to do when I get home is stare at a computer screen. I’ve also been having slep issues, so that’s a factor, I’m sure. Oh well.
It’s hot here, like an oven on fire. 97°F on the inside. 5 fans blowing hot air, a vortex of hellish fumes swirling away from my sweaty, unclothed and gasping corpse. The cats are plotting mutiny again, although slowed by the heat — a lethargic coup on hold as they hug the water dish. It was just winter yesterday…
I’ve accomplished very little in the past few days. Not much of a distraction from my usual path. Let’s see, I caught a jumping spider and hacked together a little environment for it while it lives with me. I managed not to spend much money. I found out my glucose is normal. I found out my insurance doesn’t pay for mammograms. I rediscovered my love of rain and thunder. I ate a whole box of cookies. Yeah….