Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Black Cicada and Wild Flowers

Awhile back, while we were working in the garden pulling up grass and planting stuff, I found a black cicada.

He was one a stem of grass that I was about to rip out. So I rescued him and gave him to my preoccupied husband who was working on the sprinklers.

I set the bug on his knee and, surprisingly, the bug stayed there for quite some time while my husband worked. He was having fun having a bug hanging out with him.

And then I found a second black cicada after the first one flew away.

Since then, we're rather stopped counting how many of these unique bugs we come across.

Also, I did a wildflower arrangement when I was trying to get out of doing dishes. I picked some lovely white dogwood blossoms, a manzaneta branch, some deerbrush, and this lovely pink flower.

I've seen it growing around here for a long time now; but it wasn't until after I picked it that I realized, it's a wild Bleeding Heart. I was so excited I texted my mom and told her all about it.

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