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The morning glory
has captured my well-bucket;
I go to the neighbor for water.
- Chiyo-ni
I have a neighbor with a green Jeep that he spends an enormous amount of spare time tending. When he does so, I have to make him move it so I can get in and out of my garage, as his garage is next to mine and he has to park it behind them. (The garages are so small that the vehicle completely fills the space. Layla can testify to that as she once attempted to extract my car from it.)
Yesterday I pulled up and asked him to move his car so I could get in the garage. His hood was up, so he laboriously pushed the Jeep out of my way. I went to open my garage door (it's manual), and saw...
I haven't seen a mantis in my neighborhood in years, and there this little fellow was, climbing steadily up the crack between the garage and the garage door, feeling for each hold as carefully and deftly as any good climber. I stood and watched it for a while, hoping it would get high enough to be out of danger, but it was really taking its time. I finally went and parked on the street. My neighbor clearly thought I was insane.
When I walked back (I had to search for parking, then park a block away) I found that the brave little mantis had completed its trek and was poised triumphant at the summit.
has captured my well-bucket;
I go to the neighbor for water.
- Chiyo-ni
I have a neighbor with a green Jeep that he spends an enormous amount of spare time tending. When he does so, I have to make him move it so I can get in and out of my garage, as his garage is next to mine and he has to park it behind them. (The garages are so small that the vehicle completely fills the space. Layla can testify to that as she once attempted to extract my car from it.)
Yesterday I pulled up and asked him to move his car so I could get in the garage. His hood was up, so he laboriously pushed the Jeep out of my way. I went to open my garage door (it's manual), and saw...
I haven't seen a mantis in my neighborhood in years, and there this little fellow was, climbing steadily up the crack between the garage and the garage door, feeling for each hold as carefully and deftly as any good climber. I stood and watched it for a while, hoping it would get high enough to be out of danger, but it was really taking its time. I finally went and parked on the street. My neighbor clearly thought I was insane.
When I walked back (I had to search for parking, then park a block away) I found that the brave little mantis had completed its trek and was poised triumphant at the summit.
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(The garages are so small that the vehicle completely fills the space. Layla can testify to that as she once attempted to extract my car from it.)
Can attest. On the other hand, having my very first experience driving your car in LA traffic start with smacking your car into the side of the garage was actually very helpful; it was sort of like "things can only get better from here, right?"
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Beautiful!
I'm glad it was safe.
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Of course you parked an inconvenient distance away and walked back. Your neighbor may be all very well, but he clearly does not understand what is really important.
P.
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"Why don't *I* get to see it?" Kiera asked petulantly.
"Because it's a bug, and you don't like bugs," I said.
"Oh, it's a BUG?!?" Molly said with enthusiasm. "I thought it was going to be some boring adulting thing." She circled the car and yelled "KIERA THIS IS THE COOLEST BUG EVER. Are you sure you don't want to come see it?"
"I CAN SEE IT FINE FROM HERE," Kiera said. (She actually could see it, since she was on the correct side of the car to see the preying mantis.)
That was a green one. I took a picture. They're really impressive bugs. Molly was DELIGHTED.
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