Month: May 2013

A Nightmare in the Garden

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Spotted this evening, I was too scared to get close enough to photograph these monsters very well, as it is I will probably be awake all night wondering if I will be mobbed by a million of them when I go out the door in the morning!I know I’m a wuss, but I’m not frightened of heights and other things that scare some people.
A search revealed that they are Misumena Vatia, crab spiders that can change colour to match their backgound, which at the moment is acid yellow, dwarf euphorbia. It was 8.30 pm so not the best light to get an accurate color but they really are the same colour as the plant. Anyway even if I liked spiders (did I mention I don’t?) I wouldn’t like these sneaky beasties because they hide in their camouflage and grab hoverflies and BEES that stop by to feed on nectar. I took one photo with the pruners so you can see just what mammoth giants they are – help!!!

Planet App

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A couple of weeks ago Sandra at http://sandraconner.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/experimental-writing-challenge/ decided to share a friends graphics as an experimental writing challenge. I like the image and had an idea straight away, but it took until this evening to do it. This is the image.
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Fun isn’t it? I decided to limit myself to a hundred word flash.

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‘I told you this was a daft idea Terry, now look at you.’ Sandra was annoyed; his crazy ideas had got them in a mess again. Green Planet had been her project, her latest phone app, supposed to simulate space travel. Of course Mr Know It All had to take it a step too far. Now there he is swinging out over the edge of the universe.
‘Stuck are you? Well I’m using my last life to jump for it, no more virtual reality games for me,’ she yelled, pointing at the green planet. ‘Knitting apps, that’s where it’s at.’

Two Years for Lucid Gypsy

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Thanks WordPress,I just saw this in my notifications! Two years of fun, friendship and learning so much about the world. I’ve added lots of places to my bucket list, discovered things abut myself and amazingly gained more than a thousand followers. For me to keep doing something for two years is quite an achievement with my butterfly mind but the blogosphere has so much to offer that I can’t resist browsing around.

Happy Anniversary!

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You registered on WordPress.com 2 years ago!

Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging!
Thanks to all my wonderful followers, I wish I could follow you all as well but it would be a full time job! I do love to pop in when I can and you are so appreciated. I’ve brought you a few flowers!
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

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This week the theme of the photo challenge is ‘Escape’ and Cheri Lucas Rowlands says
‘Depending on your current mood and headspace, or time in your life, this word can evoke different emotions and conjure a variety of images. Maybe the end of your semester is near, and you yearn for vacation and release: the desire to disappear and run away, the need to unplug and shut off. Or perhaps you imagine quite the opposite: Lost in a maze. Stuck in a room, feeling boxed in, with the worst company. Frustrated in your own thoughts, wondering what to do next.’
The photo I have chosen shows someone escaping into meditation, I wonder where he went.

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Join in at http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/photo-challenge-escape/ as usual.

More Orang Utans

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I just wanted to highlight Isobel’s post that I re-blogged this morning, it’s something that I feel passionate about so if you could just take a look at these beautiful creatures and go over to sign on the link from earlier it would be wonderful. http://isobelandcat.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/save-the-orangutans/

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We like it here, but it would be better if there was enough food and nice trees deep in the forest.

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Here is our forest

My cousin is hiding up there, he has darker fur than I do because he chooses all his own food!

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This is a friend
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Will you help to make sure that the baby grows up to have babies too?

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Can you see all those rows of trees? They are taking over our habitat and we need help so that we can survive.

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With credit to Ross and Lori Hall and Lindy Campbell who took some of these photos while I was too ill to hold my camera!