oh, rose!

snapped a picture of miss rose in her prettiest pink party dress the other morning...



apparently she had a date. see him there waiting patiently.



he's one good looking spider and he's absolutely crazy in love with her. you can tell by how closely he hangs on her every word.



oh, but little does the poor fellow know his seemingly devoted, miss rose...




...secretly holds another suitor closer to her heart!

grasshopper pesto

almost made a fine batch of orthopteron parpadelli sunday night.



until the little guy jumped from the basil and landed on the "off" button on my food processor. it was not his time to go.



good thing i wasn't making pomegranate salad dressing too, as this gorgeous hornworm might have met his vinegarry doom that day as well.



all in all, it was a perilous day for leetle creatures here in our pippingtooth garden.

clara the hefty wonder dog and i "rode fence" this morning and i'm happy to report all insects are present and accounted for as of 10 am.