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["SISU!" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

It was a banner day for bugs here at EarthNSky.  I was working on the 
chicken coop and something moving caught my eye.  It was a walking 
stick, and a large one at that!  I saw a baby walker a couple of weeks 
ago-so cute, so this one must have been great granddad(or grandma).  A 
few minutes later, while looking at my asparagus berries, a praying 
mantis crawled off the fern and onto my hand.  They kind of creep me out 
because they look like what I would envision an alien to look like, but 
I know they are super beneficial so I would never harm one.
No snakes seen today, but I did see a pileated woodpecker hammering on a 
dead pine.  A nearby squirrel wasn't happy about it either.  Tonight, 
while out on the deck, we saw several bats struggling in the wind, 
listened to the coyotes, and I saw a luna month on the window looking 
confused at to what happened to the lights!

Bev
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W    Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky