
I had just cut the peony that had fallen over in the rain and was about to put it in a vase, when the beautiful Cheiracanthium spider came out of the petals to say hello. Click on him to get a better view of that wonderful face.

I saw this little groundhog walk past the patio door this afternoon. I grabbed my camera and ran outside. He was caught in the breezeway as the little red gate was closed. Got his head stuck between the little slats in the gate. I went over to the gate and scared him so much…

I may be arrested for this, but I brought home a few praying mantis egg sacs from the fields of Valley Forge last fall. I’ve done this for the last several years. Shhhhhhhhh. I put them in a glass jar with a little saran wrap on top and punched little air holes so there…