a creature of summer warmth

Came across this picture, and in the interest of practicing uploading picture files and wanting to bring some juicy green life to the blog, I felt the urge to post it ! I have to say that I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing insects about again...the winter months seem so sterile without them. Is it that they represent some unsaid diversity ? I think we need to have an Insect Day....a day to celebrate their myriad forms, incredible solutions to ancient issues of climate, predators...hmmm...perhaps some day in mid June ? Or wait until the Cicadas are out and about..finished with their underground existence and have literally shucked it off, leaving their papery husks to be consumed by birds, dogs, and collected by children ? It would be a day for all insects...not just "beneficials" or the pretty.

lettuce and mustard seedlings

Here's the little guys in their natal seedling tray. they really need to be separated and given some space. So far the mixture is hard to tell which types are which. The little brown specks on a few of them are, I hate to say....sunburn !!!! I had watered them from above and then set the tray back in the sunny window... the sun magnifying through the water droplets on the tender young leaves...burning little holes ! :< But they will survive. Today they got a drink of chamomile tea and some leftover coffee. ..this time I watered more carfully !