Killer Females

....this is what you find after spraying pesticide around the base of your home...well luckily not every one's home...these two black widows were found making a sluggish run for it after they decided the poison wasn't worth sticking around for....the one on the bottom had a really large thorax and sounded like a large acorn when it hit my plastic drain guard on the ground after I brushed it off the side of my house....black widows can usually be found at the base of buildings or under rocks.  They'll be very close to a small but very stiff webbing area that utilizes small sticks, leaves, or grass for cover.  The web can be so stiff a tiny stick can slightly bend when pressed against it.  Black widows are much more numerous than people think and it's probably because they are excellent at staying out of sight most of the time.  And the name?  It's because after mating with the male (which is much smaller), the female will either do two things- kill him or allow him to leave...the male never knows for sure....serious gamble just for a little attention don't you think??

Armadillos

....I grabbed this pic on the property behind my mom's previous home.  Armadillos are in high numbers in Georgia and tend to dig holes in flower beds and yards looking for grubs, worms, and moles at night.  They have very poor eye site but an excellent sense of smell.  While in college in TN back in '98, I mentioned to a friend that I was sure I saw a dead armadillo on the roadside...he quickly informed me that TN didn't have armadillos..however, the grey armor was all too familiar to me....a few yrs ago, I see a story and pic in a middle TN town showing an armadillo walking out of a guy's garage....these pesky hole diggers are definitely in TN now and growing in numbers.....

Distraction Tips

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Hungry Robin

...my friend's mother took this pic of a baby robin back in the Spring, just outside her front door's window...the blue little eggs look like easter eggs...this hungry little bird is definately craving a big, juicy earthworm....

Percy Priest Largemouths

....snagged this large mouth bass out on Percy Priest Lake over the weekend....it seems I found a gulley at a depth of about 13-18ft deep that produced several hits....



...caught this one as well along with one other one just a bit bigger...think I lost two or three....

....the water was really calm all morning....however, I decided to head home around 11am before the heat set in...



Cold Breakfast

...I'm thinking this was the Winter of 2010...most snow I've ever seen in my back yard....

...that same morning, I noticed my bird feeder was completely iced over..several birds were pecking at the bird feeder's window trying to get at the seeds...you'll notice my faint prints in the frozen snow after I had went out and chipped away all the ice for the birds...my deck was a popular spot that morning for the neighborhood birds...

Green worms

...came across this really big green "worm" while walking to my truck after work with a friend...the pic is kind of fuzzy but not too bad....coincidentally, the same friend I was walking with sent me a pic of her soon to be two year old son with a giant stuffed green caterpillar laying across his lap...weird but kind of funny..

Birthday

...today is my birthday...when I was much younger I remember thinking how it would feel being "grown up,"....I guess I'd say it feels really good at times and at other times not so good...still happy to have another birthday..