3:00 snapshot #897

Hey look! This time I looked out the window at 3 o'clock and there was snow out there.


Here's what it looked like a little after 7 in the morning when I first got there.

Bagworm in motion!

Remember the bagworms I posted about back in May? These are moth caterpillars covered in little cases of sticks bound in silk. Until today I'd never seen the actual insect moving about, but here we are. The caterpillar above is clambering onto our moss bowl in our bathroom. A few hours later I checked it, and it was on one of the ferns in the bowl--do bagworm larvae eat ferns?

Goin' around Facebook, probably old but still funny

Squirrel appreciation day

So I'm hearing from many on twitter that it's "Squirrel Appreciation Day." It's hard for me to think past the brush-tailed tree rats that chew through wood and plastic building materials and make my life more difficult, but I will try. Sciuridae is big successful family within the big successful Rodentia order. Here are some highlights from this blog:

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