I’ve revised my identification of the above critter to the Common Gum Emerald (Prasinocyma semicrocea) after going to a bookstore this evening and looking at photos in a book of of Tasmanian winged insects (which I plan on buying next payday).
Yeah, it’s the pink fringe that I like best as well.
We just got home after a late movie (Nosferatu – complete with piano accompaniment) to find a moth as big as a bird on our front window screen. If it wasn’t so dark I’d try for a photo. Must be moth season – they are literally everywhere.
I recently got Luna another soft flying disc, which she loves to chase but only rarely catches before it lands. Hard discs prove a bit difficult for her to pick up if they land underside down, and then the big paws trying to flip them over usually begins the end of them.
Yes it is, but a little sunlight sure helps with the picture taking as well.
We had a lovely fall day here – which occasioned a long walk in the bush with Luna and a friend who stopped by for a few hours.
I noticed a few orchids coming up. We’ll see if they send up flower stalks or not. Most of our orchids only flower every three to five years. The other years they only produce a small pair of leaves, which rarely last more than a month – just enough to capture some energy to hold them over until next years brief appearance. Their’s is a life mostly lived underground.
Our most abundant orchid doesn’t even have roots, but instead relies on a symbiotic relationship with a fungus to survive 11 months out of every year. Kewl.
We sometimes see this lovely little moth when out walking. One got inside the house and I took this photo yesterday.
The inset in the lower right-hand corner is about actual size.
Love the pink fringe around the edges.
And Albert is, as always, adorable and yet majestic.
I’ve revised my identification of the above critter to the Common Gum Emerald (Prasinocyma semicrocea) after going to a bookstore this evening and looking at photos in a book of of Tasmanian winged insects (which I plan on buying next payday).
Yeah, it’s the pink fringe that I like best as well.
We just got home after a late movie (Nosferatu – complete with piano accompaniment) to find a moth as big as a bird on our front window screen. If it wasn’t so dark I’d try for a photo. Must be moth season – they are literally everywhere.
of dogs doing nothing very photogenically.
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Not doing nothing – reflecting! He’s meditating…just as Albert is.
I slipped into some kind of zone looking at those pictures.
I picture Bobby Ross on PBS saying “now paint some happy little trees, this is your painting, paint as many as you like….”
Excellent way to let me know that I’ll be a happy little me if I avoid ever watching that show.
Ah, I’d forgotten Bobby Ross and his “happy little trees”.
(Which is to say, my kind of humor)
That’s one cool pooch.
I recently got Luna another soft flying disc, which she loves to chase but only rarely catches before it lands. Hard discs prove a bit difficult for her to pick up if they land underside down, and then the big paws trying to flip them over usually begins the end of them.
Shorter smaller throws…
1 meter… left and right…
Make catching a habit.
Cheers,
Ron
for communing with Mr. Sunbeam.
for a picture of Albert.
Yes it is, but a little sunlight sure helps with the picture taking as well.
We had a lovely fall day here – which occasioned a long walk in the bush with Luna and a friend who stopped by for a few hours.
I noticed a few orchids coming up. We’ll see if they send up flower stalks or not. Most of our orchids only flower every three to five years. The other years they only produce a small pair of leaves, which rarely last more than a month – just enough to capture some energy to hold them over until next years brief appearance. Their’s is a life mostly lived underground.
Our most abundant orchid doesn’t even have roots, but instead relies on a symbiotic relationship with a fungus to survive 11 months out of every year. Kewl.
Up late two days in a row! I am impressed. You clearly aren’t ready for geezerhood yet. 🙂
Orchids … ooh. I hope some of them bloom.
Isabelle(y) gets highly peeved when I interrupt her bath.
Albert can relate to the staffing problems (he calls us his “useless minions”). Clearly Isabelle and he would have much to kvetch about.