About a week or so ago I was walking from the parking lot to my office one morning. I glanced over at the wall and saw something stuck to it. At first I thought it was just a clump of grass that had gotten thrown up there by the lawn mower. Soon I realized it was some kind of insect.
I am not kidding, this thing was a big as my hand! Given its size and menacing looks, I quickly snapped a shot and retreated to my office. I kind of forgot about it until the other day when I decided to do a Google search and see if I could figure out what this was.
It turns out it was a Dobsonfly. It sounds like the aren't nearly as dangerous as they look, but I still hope I never come across one again in my lifetime!
This Summer I finally got around to opening the boxes and tackling the task of hanging them. We were going to sell that pergola, but it wasn't going to work out for the buyer in the end so we decided to keep it.
I think they turned out really cool and I like how they are the old Edison style bulbs. I thought they were supposed to be LED but it turns out they are incandescent. We will see how that impacts our electric bill in the coming months...
I took this picture of one of our rose bushes after we had spent the day doing some mulching. I am pretty sure I wrote a post about it. I am pretty impressed with how nice and sharp of a picture my phone can take even though it is a couple of years old.
As usual,
One of our favorite parts of camping is having a fire. No matter how hot the weather is, we still gather around the campfire at night and spend time just enjoying the glow.
Finally, it wouldn't be a proper post of random pictures in my phone gallery without a shot or two of Jovi. She gets pretty excited when we take her camping, she pants the whole ride and will only settle down when we are on the expressway. She still never shuts her eyes though.
Once we get to the campground it is a different story. It takes her a couple of hours but eventually she settles in and resumes her regular napping schedule. Some of my favorite times camping are during mid-day when
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