September 11, 2004
night beasts
the boys got in the window, to see what we were up to. they might have seen the mantis, but were quickly distracted by the cords to the blinds.
our girl looked as though she would have been happy to play with a blind cord too. what a sweetie!
after a long friday night of letterpress printing, i looked up to see this on our front window: and, of course, ran outside to photograph her.
this is our "big girl", the mantis we've been seeing the most of these days. we haven't seen a male in weeks, come to think of it. ben has been seeing what he assumed was another female in the backyard -- now he thinks it was this one, since she's such a mover.
she would look down at me with the camera, with her big dark nighttime eyes, and then look back up to watch a car go down the street. very regal, very composed, very beautiful.
the boys got in the window, to see what we were up to. they might have seen the mantis, but were quickly distracted by the cords to the blinds.
our girl looked as though she would have been happy to play with a blind cord too. what a sweetie!