Evidently we had a blessed event in the back yard this weekend.
Somewhere in the fruitless pear tree, the praying mantis egg casing popped open.
Two of the little guys landed on Hub Man.
Here's one:
[album 65561 Shirt Mantis.JPG]
Cheeky little insect eh?
And here is another one we found inspecting my new-to-me suitcase that we bought at a yard sale. I was airing it out on the patio.
[album 65561 Suitcase Mantis.JPG]
No wonder we don't usually see them until they are full grown. That's a tiny little bug.
Though he already seems to think he owns the place doesn't he?
We made another find at the yard sale. Something I have been looking for a long long time. It was a real bargain [I thought] at 35.00.
At last I have my front porch bench.
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There's a storage area under the seat. I don't know what I would put in there. Maybe it could be a time out area for the dogs when they become hysterical at the sound of the doorbell. I still haven't won that battle unfortunately.
Though I must mention we are making good headway in another area. Both Sunny and Ben have the bad habit of whining and barking and getting inordinately worked up when they see other dogs while out walking on leash. Sunny especially just loses her composure and makes the most gawdawful yowlings and sounds like we are beating her or something. I have taken to bringing along a hefty spray bottle filled with lemon juice on our walks. They have both decided that a mouth full of sour is a most unpleasant result of making a scene in the presence of other dogs. Can't say we are 100% yet, but we are making real headway.
I was starting to dread taking them out they were both so obnoxious. They were getting downright anti-social. Hopefully we can turn them into good citizens soon. We want to take them both to the Sheltie picnic in July where they really do need to exersize some self restraint in order to play nice with about 40 other dogs in an open play area.
(Good luck with that.)
I'm going to need it.
Somewhere in the fruitless pear tree, the praying mantis egg casing popped open.
Two of the little guys landed on Hub Man.
Here's one:
[album 65561 Shirt Mantis.JPG]
Cheeky little insect eh?
And here is another one we found inspecting my new-to-me suitcase that we bought at a yard sale. I was airing it out on the patio.
[album 65561 Suitcase Mantis.JPG]
No wonder we don't usually see them until they are full grown. That's a tiny little bug.
Though he already seems to think he owns the place doesn't he?
We made another find at the yard sale. Something I have been looking for a long long time. It was a real bargain [I thought] at 35.00.
At last I have my front porch bench.
[album 65561 Bench At Last.JPG]
There's a storage area under the seat. I don't know what I would put in there. Maybe it could be a time out area for the dogs when they become hysterical at the sound of the doorbell. I still haven't won that battle unfortunately.
Though I must mention we are making good headway in another area. Both Sunny and Ben have the bad habit of whining and barking and getting inordinately worked up when they see other dogs while out walking on leash. Sunny especially just loses her composure and makes the most gawdawful yowlings and sounds like we are beating her or something. I have taken to bringing along a hefty spray bottle filled with lemon juice on our walks. They have both decided that a mouth full of sour is a most unpleasant result of making a scene in the presence of other dogs. Can't say we are 100% yet, but we are making real headway.
I was starting to dread taking them out they were both so obnoxious. They were getting downright anti-social. Hopefully we can turn them into good citizens soon. We want to take them both to the Sheltie picnic in July where they really do need to exersize some self restraint in order to play nice with about 40 other dogs in an open play area.
(Good luck with that.)
I'm going to need it.