Saturday, July 9, 2016

Cicindela Sexguttata

Good morning from the Front Porch. It's kinda quiet. I wonder if animals get caught up in the human rhythm of a leisurely Saturday morning. No visitors makes me wonder if they too sleep in. No. No way. I just picked a quiet moment to step out on the Porch. The weather is awesome! 58 degrees, overcast skies, 6 mph winds that make you want to throw your head out the car window just like a dog does, and 90% humidity. Although the weather is absolutely wonderful, the weather picture is boring. I think the Front Yard trees are beautiful but they only change their clothes 4 times a year. I have a much more interesting picture of a visitor at work yesterday. He was some kinda purdy! For a creepy crawler, that is. His name is Cicindela Sexguttata. Try saying that 10 times fast. I would try, but I can't figure out how to pronounce it properly. We can call him the Six Spotted Tiger Beetle. I want some! They eat ants and spiders. As we have an enormous amount of both those delicacies, I think the Tiger Beetle would be quite happy here. I'm off. Work is yet again forcing me to call a halt to my morning musings. By the way, is Humpty Dumpty really an egg?... Google time!...ok... really!?... he's a what?... and a WHAT? Apparently, he's the answer to a riddle. That answer being an egg. But some would have him as a symbol of fertility. Go figure. No surprise that. There is nothing that mankind does NOT turn into such a symbol. I'm sensing a possible oxymoron in that last statement... Oh well. Moving on. Some say Humpty is a British Canon. Yes, I really did say canon. And yet, others claim him to be a parable about pride. All that with just a 10 minute Google search!!! DONE! WE'RE DONE HERE! Brain pain is threatening me!! Have a good day my Fellow Travelers of this Glorious Universe. May your day be ever free of brain pain!... Whoopsie. Almost forgot to share Tiger's portrait! Doncha love his clothes!!??