“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
-Oscar Wilde
Oops- I’ve experienced something.
Remember our lovely metallic green fly friend? Whose shimmery exoskeleton reminded me of popcorn and polyester?
Turns out, he’s not a fly at all.
Nope, he goes by the stunning title of green metallic sweat bee.
Green bees! Who knew?
Hallo! Why all these cups?
Why cucumber sandwiches?
Why such reckless extravagance in one so young?
-Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest
So I was enchanted by what appeared to be some sort of yellow ladybug, so pretty on that lone yellow flower we have blooming. Spent forever trying to get a picture, little guy was very quick and just kept walking, walking, walking. He must have walked miles on the surface of that flower.
(Of course, looking at it now, on a computer screen, I can see its body shape is different from a ladybug’s, but they are really quite small, cut me some slack, will ya?)
Come back inside, go through the insect book with Maverick, and here is what we find:
One of the most destructive beetles is the Eastern Spotted Cucumber Beetle, 1/4″, which is greenish yellow with black spots and has brown and yellow antennae. It damages foliage, flowers, and pollen of cucumbers, melons, corn, potatoes, and peanuts.
Oh no! My cucumbers! My cucumber sandwiches!
I was swayed by his lively gait and charming demeanor. I’ll not be fooled again.
There is no beautifier of complexion,
or form, or behavior,
like the wish to scatter joy
and not pain around us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’m sure I’ll get lots more emails letting me know I’m batty and seeing things that aren’t there, again, but I really think this spider’s butt is smiling at me.
And it cheers me no end to think that when some bottlefly gets caught in this guy’s web, the last thing he sees will be an enormous Atari-esque grin descending on him.
To further cement my reputation as mentally unstable, I’ll let you know the first thing I thought of when I saw this picture onscreen:
this photo via Google Images
Have a great weekend! Scatter joy like seed! May spiders smile upon you.
