All God’s Creatures

So we’re starting off the catch-up with a completely random post, but I don’t believe you’ve met Henry yet and you MUST do that!

Our extremely low-maintenance feline.  He is fully “ours”, but we still don’t expect to bring him back to the States with us next year.

He’s about the same size as D’Artagnan.  He’s not quite as tolerant as Clark was, but then Clark was extraordinary—I think Clark thought she was a stuffed animal.  Logan has gotten nipped a few times by Henry, but Henry has also gotten his tail pulled rather more than a few times.

In the non-pet realm, we found this fascinating creature in the tree over our hammock one evening.  I actually think the bats here are kind of cute . . .

But this lady is decidedly NOT cuddly.  This is a banana spider that has caught and is eating a cicada. 

I certainly don’t mourn the loss of the cicada—those pesky things are LOUD!  The banana spider made a nice meal out of it and it really was quite interesting watching her do it.

As a size reference, here is my hand next to another, equally dead but not web trapped, cicada. 

This cicada is not only not dead, but it is very newly hatched.  

Another one of God’s creatures :)  Logan shows off his new shirt that he got in the mail from Daniel Kai (who moved to DC and sent him this from the Smithsonian).  Logan was demonstrating how a space shuttle goes up high!

Nearby, Naomi demonstrates both her climbing and pointing skills.

Don’t worry, there won’t be any more spider pictures for a while ;)  Check back soon to see what else I have for you!