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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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