Mantis

My favorite bug is a Praying Mantis.  They are just the coolest of all bugs, with their rotating head.  They remind me of a cat when they look at you, as if they are saying "What the H do you want?" I've been looking for one all season, so finally here she is.  Hmmm, how do I know it's a she?  Can't you see the missing head off of her mate!  Poor guy.  Bet he didn't see that coming...

Slip sliden away...

Happy 4th Birthday Bowyn

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I really miss my deck, and lately the only way I can enjoy it, is by looking out the window at it, while staying in the air conditioning.  At least I have that...

Got Mice!

After last years garden ordeal of fighting off those "Peskey Wabbits", from eating everything (we only had a few tomatoes).  This year we started off by dealing with gerbils biting the heads off  all the Sunflowers Bowyn had planted.  Problem solved, no more Sunflowers.   Now we have "Micefest".  Ric is like Bill Murray in Caddy Shack, the efforts he is putting into the battle.  He's whacked them, stuck them, Mia has caught them, and more keep coming back.  They love the cheese and peanut butter he puts out for them (so does Mia, shes gotten her nose snapped trying to retrieve it),  it's like their getting fat, dumb & happy and laughing all the while rubbing their little round bellies full of the feast he is putting out for them.  We are wearing out the traps so fast in our efforts to conquer this problem.   ARGH, will it ever end! 
To the store we go to buy more traps, and the cashier says,  "Got mice!"

Wish him luck!

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You know it's hot, when old people admit it...

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My favorite gas station turned into a Shell overnight.  Now what!

Zoom Lens

Check out what I captured  while playing with my Zoom Lens.

Like early Spring, we have another nester, which found it's way into the "Nix Tree".  We've had this tree for 23 years, and carry it in and out every year.  It's almost too big to get in the house now.  Hope you enjoy the show.

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Going "Green" isn't all it's cracked up to be especially when it comes to toilet paper.  Trust me!

Shampoo warning!!

I don't know WHY I didn't figure this out sooner!!!! It's the shampoo I use in the shower!
When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body, and (duh!)
printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning,
"FOR EXTRA VOLUME AND BODY."
NO wonder I have been gaining weight!!!
Well!
I have gotten rid of that shampoo and I am going to start using Dawn dish soap instead.
Its label reads, "DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE."
Problem solved!
If I don't answer the phone...I'll be in the shower!

Soap

I've been filling in at work for people on vacation, so it's been Housekeeping lately.  First of all, they deserve soooooo much respect.  That is hard ass work.  I look like a stinky old worn out dish rag by the time I get home, and fall asleep by 6:00.  Okay, so anyways, while changing the bedding in one of the apartments the other day, I came across a bar of soap under the sheets...  Strange thing I know, well I left it there figuring there must be some reason for it (don't know what it could be though).  Well I asked around, one girl said there was another couple that did that as well, but know one knew why.  So I gooled it (http://www.ehow.com/about_5556893_soap-cure-leg-cramps.html)
It's great for Leg Cramps.  So of course I had to try it, First night I psyched myself out, so it was a no go, but hey it's working now.  Wow, who would have guessed.  Those old remedies really do work.