tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136463942024-03-07T06:57:09.859-07:00MacroMy macrophotography. Lots of bugs -- flowers, water and other things if I can't find fauna. (Click on a photo to enlarge, click again for an even greater enlargement.)Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.comBlogger620125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-63139917275283131392015-06-22T01:28:00.005-06:002015-06-22T01:28:59.471-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Skipper on scrub oak at Roxborough State Park,<div>
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This fly does a good job of pretending it's a bumblebee. It's with a Light-Blue Beardtongue, or Narrow-Leaves Penstemon.<div>
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I love sitting in this clover and taking lots of pictures of bees. According to "Guide to Colorado Wildflowers" by G.K. Guennel, it's Yellow Sweet Clover, Honey Clover or Melilotus officinalis.<br />
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I've returned to the blog-o-sphere with a new, functioning camera, a Canon EOS T5i.<br />
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It was a beautiful day with lots of bugs to find. I'm not sure what kind the Spotted Towhee bird found. As for the others, I think the butterfly is a fritillary, maybe a Northwestern. The ant is herding her aphid cows on a yucca. The green (or gray depending on your point of view) sweat bee is in the flower of a ball nipple cactus. The hover fly is on a daisy, I'm not sure if it's a spreading or a sprawling daisy. Finally, the unknown species of dragonfly is on some thistle relative. Sorry for the lack of specificity on that last one.<br />
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I occasionally circle the tennis courts and bring home the unwanted escapees. Go to Petsmart and three tennis balls are at least $5. I'm cheap. As you might guess, freebies lead to abundance. My backyard was carpeted with the things. May geek that I am, I wanted to count them so I organized them. Woofie was immediately interested, but then she loves to play ball. (See <a href="http://kai-rowan-jasmine.blogspot.com/2011/03/imminent-tennis-ball-seizure.html">Imminent Tennis Ball Seizure</a>.) I think it was her careful examination of each ball that made me notice at all. I grabbed the camera because I thought it was funny that she was being so picky. Sorry the pictures are a little rough.
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She started to "kill" the ball, common dog play. I caught a glimpse of something shiny on the ball and was worried it was a tack or a nail. As I got closer, I realized that my previous double quotes needed to be edited out.
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She realized I saw and decided to let me in on her secret. She apparently killed it before it could camouflage to an actual tennis ball again. Here's a closeup:<br />
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I never knew. I realize now just how much she does to protect us and keep us from worrying. I wanted to celebrate her prowess:
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Here are some previous kills I found once I knew what to look for. The last two pictures, I think, indicate a scalped mutant and in a separate location its oddly crusted brain.<br />
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Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-54085920498103894842012-08-19T12:05:00.001-06:002012-08-19T12:15:35.524-06:00So What is It?<div>
I've gotten a few higher ed opinions about what this may be. Most of my measuring devices are very crude, but it is hard like chert and breaks like chert. I like chert. However, the dots and patterns in the rock suggested to me that there's something more going on. Ideas?</div>
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Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-71397375150940209822012-08-15T16:56:00.001-06:002012-08-15T16:57:04.643-06:00Long Time...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6zMa_VTbTl_pC5giEUwcGttC_W72u0r3hYzbmA2p4IVvIIhePJUzm-hd6xqNk6943IrLk-8qXTqleGBZTO2XB339GdSyziULoKMISo14CchrMDWaVkSgYoBcjnPhVqUcXm14/s1600/contrast_carolina_fanwort.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6zMa_VTbTl_pC5giEUwcGttC_W72u0r3hYzbmA2p4IVvIIhePJUzm-hd6xqNk6943IrLk-8qXTqleGBZTO2XB339GdSyziULoKMISo14CchrMDWaVkSgYoBcjnPhVqUcXm14/s400/contrast_carolina_fanwort.JPG" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> For those of you who have been waiting, longing and pining for my next post. Here it is.<br />
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This is (as far as I can tell) the flower of a Carolina fanwort. Zoom in and you'll see the spiderling about to "balloon". A spiderling sends up a bit of spider silk, catches the wind and sails away to its new neighborhood. The spider species is ... uh ... I don't know, it's hard to tell with little ones.<br />
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As for why it's been so long, bummed-outted-ness. In a stupid accident, the drive with years of photos fell about three feet. Backups are sporadic due to lack of funds. Camera is failing, or lenses. Definite bummed-outted-ness. The data recovery is estimated to be between $800 and $900.<br />
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I'm still figuring out the whole emotional part of this event.<br />
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Why are pansies considered weak? I guess calling someone a nosegay is too politically incorrect? Rose is a verb. Daisy is too Dukes of Hazard. Iris is anatomical. Poppy has drug inferences -- or sounds like your grandfather. Bird of paradise has amazingly narrow targeting potential. Day lily, night lily. <br />
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This pansy is one of hundreds taking over the neighborhood. Hardy little fellers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's logarithmic trash. I think it's a part of a balloon. We found it walking in one of the local creeks.</td></tr>
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It got misty, windy and frozen quickly enough to form horizontal icicles.<br />
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We've had one of our spring snowstorms. Sixty degrees Fahrenheit down to 30° F. There should be a rule that the average high temperature should not be allowed to drop more than 10 degrees per 24 hours. We could deal with the weather just like the Dow regulations... <br />
<ol><li>If before 2pm the comparative average temperature (CAT) has decreased by 10%, the weather activity will be terminated for one hour. </li>
<li>If before 2pm the CAT has decreased by 20%, the weather activity will be terminated for two hours. </li>
<li>If the CAT has decreased by 30%, the weather activity will be terminated for the weather day. </li>
</ol>... on the other hand maybe that's not such a good idea.<br />
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Astronomy pictures are hard. I definitely need some more practice. This one was hard for me particularly when there was as much moon in shadow as not. The contrast was too high and I managed to gray out the reflected light and gray out the red shadow. Oh no, I'll have to take more pictures...<br />
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-13347971400791741842010-10-26T09:43:00.003-06:002010-10-26T09:47:41.334-06:00I can has cricket?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkvof4fmr__MzqvIGDzWSObr-wA9yIFevp_XB79g8wO4-K6t-V1EjDVxVHdFTnB5VsFx-8f3A2N7WTt_9ZFLJ_zAKDh7jrXUp9Ulvy3YK3Y4miQppq6UitihOKGjI9sYJlOmF/s1600/IMG_6610.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkvof4fmr__MzqvIGDzWSObr-wA9yIFevp_XB79g8wO4-K6t-V1EjDVxVHdFTnB5VsFx-8f3A2N7WTt_9ZFLJ_zAKDh7jrXUp9Ulvy3YK3Y4miQppq6UitihOKGjI9sYJlOmF/s400/IMG_6610.JPG" border="0" /></a> That's Rowan's title for a mantis we found. It's a line from a website devoted to captioning animal pictures. If you're unfamiliar with the site, check out the <a href="http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/">lolcats</a> also known as "I Can Has Cheezburger?"<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-78571246088795870282010-10-17T15:08:00.000-06:002010-10-17T15:08:59.450-06:00A Peek Inside<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14gL_v3B9vmqYiSfrA3NrUrS1NuGrKxFEzD6sc6p7EbmoiucknVw0fOZ4PUDieX-zsoKOiJbR23neHzOS4aimMbHtkREwMHR7a4aCSiVzy9jsWEQdR6RTGkwyW7iatm6EnNWQ/s1600/IMG_6597.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14gL_v3B9vmqYiSfrA3NrUrS1NuGrKxFEzD6sc6p7EbmoiucknVw0fOZ4PUDieX-zsoKOiJbR23neHzOS4aimMbHtkREwMHR7a4aCSiVzy9jsWEQdR6RTGkwyW7iatm6EnNWQ/s400/IMG_6597.JPG" /></a> I like that I can see both the more <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">camouflaged</span> underwing and the bright blue upperside.<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-65982005536876957932010-08-24T22:01:00.001-06:002010-08-25T08:39:44.833-06:00They'll Need A Crane<div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLx69gtyBWb7opo0yIz-QiWdFF0V2YHirlZNDQnzekiQjaCTot2x7U3iXHL9LxxkJ1ouclTYmCEhdXA3B2TSzcJPR9FEM2LOya0JqYSuJr40ST4m5a1Vz42u3RZBpQUyWAK5V/s1600/IMG_4372.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLx69gtyBWb7opo0yIz-QiWdFF0V2YHirlZNDQnzekiQjaCTot2x7U3iXHL9LxxkJ1ouclTYmCEhdXA3B2TSzcJPR9FEM2LOya0JqYSuJr40ST4m5a1Vz42u3RZBpQUyWAK5V/s400/IMG_4372.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />I like the TMBG song, <em>They'll Need A Crane</em>, but with regard to this picture, it's only titular.<br /><br />I think crane flies are really neat. If Tolkien were adapted to play to an all-fly audience, I think the elves would be played by crane flies.<br /><br />The little clubs beneath the wings are halteres. As I understand it, they are balancing and stabilizing rudimentary hind wings. If instead the forewings were the rudimentary pair, we'd have to call flies "halter tops."<br /><br />Did I mention I've been on a stream of consciousness kick lately?<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-29606646119708264222010-08-18T09:33:00.000-06:002010-08-18T09:33:31.526-06:00Isn't that Dandy?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx2vZjhIarTNPzAYJo-pNGarJQ7VSzo-nqLhs5iMGc20-Ebedj5wP6ZYOW91CqFEdyLjyXSimLxXU1S442_k6sJPfJQSAv4stznbn5lrkmc7XkaGOuyuV548Z3Sx-OHvee8RJ/s1600/IMG_4003.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx2vZjhIarTNPzAYJo-pNGarJQ7VSzo-nqLhs5iMGc20-Ebedj5wP6ZYOW91CqFEdyLjyXSimLxXU1S442_k6sJPfJQSAv4stznbn5lrkmc7XkaGOuyuV548Z3Sx-OHvee8RJ/s400/IMG_4003.JPG" /></a> It's like the love child of a snowflake and a weed. I hadn't noticed the hexagonal symmetry before I took this picture. I also thought it looked like the puff had tilted its head into the frame and said, "Boo".<br /><br />Close up dandylion pictures seem kinda cliche, but I suppose they're popular for a reason.<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-70824734880940554902010-08-17T19:22:00.000-06:002010-08-17T19:22:30.831-06:00Cpt Tribble of the 3.14th Airborne Division<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8wFiil9rlYMWQcxNbDSlV9YRaS672CHBbU3jxmz2yn5AdkJbqIlOlayi3OCF1FM6NV9KTIe1e1peibzaix7mUbRwfrbGt8WZtlkLsKmUpWbGWAwxXN7F3UdkKqVcPR4IqxBm/s1600/IMG_3948.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8wFiil9rlYMWQcxNbDSlV9YRaS672CHBbU3jxmz2yn5AdkJbqIlOlayi3OCF1FM6NV9KTIe1e1peibzaix7mUbRwfrbGt8WZtlkLsKmUpWbGWAwxXN7F3UdkKqVcPR4IqxBm/s400/IMG_3948.JPG" /></a>Perhaps this little thing really escaped from a Dr Seuss book.<br /><br />I like these. They always make me laugh.<br />I'm more sure about this id as a bee fly or Bombyliinae. :) <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/40598"><br />http://bugguide.net/node/view/40598</a><br /><br />Thanks Anonymous for the Lynx spider. I must be distracted.<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-6019285521303769602010-08-17T18:53:00.000-06:002010-08-17T18:53:45.930-06:00Hum vs Buzz<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbz-vqLqoQaitLJB9l8srkoc-09o-m5Z2oUtetDUtI39fc_kfdNuW5pLTJy-8YX67YE64yQTGdd8ZcWZBtSOmOSN8Bs4W2p_ydu_5m6-EKlrpi2pmP8PDZHbojkE-bGTZV7nmm/s1600/IMG_2139.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbz-vqLqoQaitLJB9l8srkoc-09o-m5Z2oUtetDUtI39fc_kfdNuW5pLTJy-8YX67YE64yQTGdd8ZcWZBtSOmOSN8Bs4W2p_ydu_5m6-EKlrpi2pmP8PDZHbojkE-bGTZV7nmm/s400/IMG_2139.JPG" /></a>This little bird was buzzing around us, eating mosquitoes while we were playing catch and release with crawdads.<br /><br />I'm sure that day was the first time that I thought a hummingbird really should be much, much faster. She might have just thought it was good sport rather than an actual meal.<br /><br />Just about everyone in our little group was being eaten alive. I don't usually react to bites, so I can often neener-neener. Skeeters are an annoyance, but the bites aren't painful and won't raise a bump or itch. For all my other allergies, I'm relatively immune to mosquito bites. This day, the sheer number of mini-vampires that were trying to enter my ears was enough to send me packing. I hate that buzzing sound when it's actually <em>in</em> my ear.<br /><br />When I got home I think I found a red dot on my arm. That was surprising. I couldn't find it the next time I checked, so maybe it wasn't a bite.<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-91510465988616677282010-08-17T17:14:00.001-06:002010-08-18T07:32:26.385-06:00Dragon Overhead<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWDZbE-Bho-nbgck5Xab1HVaoU_y0_8VEg5iZKezLE6Vee1Bib1667GvVyxh1tlGFxJmg-Ay1dO6kbIMkaNJ8rhIXeG5boElpxlzNpMW2NoJELmnQHsyvcm0TCxncwiZfv87C/s1600/IMG_4032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWDZbE-Bho-nbgck5Xab1HVaoU_y0_8VEg5iZKezLE6Vee1Bib1667GvVyxh1tlGFxJmg-Ay1dO6kbIMkaNJ8rhIXeG5boElpxlzNpMW2NoJELmnQHsyvcm0TCxncwiZfv87C/s400/IMG_4032.JPG" border="0" /></a> 'Nother present for Matt.<br /><br />I was in a swampy area with cat tails standing six plus feet high. This dragonfly was patrolling the area. A few times he came to hover and buzz a couple feet in front of my nose, but I guess I looked mostly harmless.<br /><br />No news yet. IBM fires Theo today for job desertion. The HR people are trying to figure out if the kids and I can apply for COBRA or not and if so will IBM contribute. Previously it was yes, then maybe, then yes with perhaps little help, then today it was that Theo would need to fill out and sign the forms.<br /><br />As Matt said, there is a certain irony that they are terminating his employment since he's missing, but in order for his family to get COBRA he needs to sign forms -- presumably including why he isn't there to sign the forms.<br /><br />The Catch 22 is alive and well.<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-15620923064886607462010-07-27T14:39:00.003-06:002010-07-27T14:42:39.037-06:00Missing Person: Theo PetersenWe've filed a Missing Person report on my husband. If you've seen <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=19033378&authToken=Uipt&authType=name">Theo Petersen</a> please contact Det Jason Weaver with any information 303-660-7588 <a href="mailto:jweaver@dcsheriff.net" target="_blank">jweaver@dcsheriff.net</a> Missing Person Case 10-68523. You can also see Theo's profiles, picture and related information at: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/theo-petersen/6/45a/82a">LinkedIn Public Profile</a>, <a href="http://www.manning.com/petersen/">Web Development with Apache and Perl</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3000121-theo-petersen">Good Reads</a>. He was driving a white '94 Saturn station wagon with Colorado plates the letters are GBL, but the numbers I'm not sure of, maybe 683. He said that he was headed for Indianapolis, but no one has verified that he arrived there.<br /><br />Since his last communication on June 30th, he hasn't contacted his work and his family haven't heard from him either. Various details of his departure have worried us about his safety and/or well-being. We are in the midst of a divorce, so he could be under a significant amount of stress. As of this writing, I have not located either his passport or mine. The police have not called me with any information.Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13646394.post-83588944056509976752010-07-27T02:09:00.002-06:002010-08-18T07:35:03.227-06:00Mini golf Daddy Long Legs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sa7kk0ZEqHUfF11VGNLw8NNft1Cuez9TpriBMNQMX5oI9ItxGi3KkO5_94-6idAK-KbrkDp7Y5rdUhkelp9cBwMlX2-nqwA-zRgFIbELCmzMVpwnxGdIFMkUjGnkSHP-VvgQ/s1600/IMG_0460-2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sa7kk0ZEqHUfF11VGNLw8NNft1Cuez9TpriBMNQMX5oI9ItxGi3KkO5_94-6idAK-KbrkDp7Y5rdUhkelp9cBwMlX2-nqwA-zRgFIbELCmzMVpwnxGdIFMkUjGnkSHP-VvgQ/s400/IMG_0460-2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I wasn't sure I wanted to celebrate my 40th birthday (7/3) , but my kids wouldn't let me out of it. It's a cake and ice cream event and it was going to happen whether or not I wanted it.<br /><br />I took them to a mini golf place with some shade trees. I was trying to keep Jasmine comfortable, but she only lasted about 9 holes before she just retreated from shade tree to shade tree. We need to get super-dark glasses or something that will comfortably work with kids' sunglasses. She's been miserable this whole bright summer. Generally she loves mini golf, but this time I think I should have switched it to bowling.<br /><br />Anyhow, on the course, I found this beautiful spider with which I wasn't familiar. I loved his acacia-tree like legs. I took a ton of pics, but the profile was the most illuminating for narrowing it down to the family <a href="http://spiders.dmns.org/id.html"><em>Pholcidae</em><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkUonvQEkn3BIYkaHZsUu-q03GGKAUCTnMMv6ghfBBnavKI0M-lS-Fd6EjC33E8Glm4OQSKR7DvEA0Ttlvth-BE4E2u1uslMFO9HdVAGtyaNTTpTYbCNZ-EezQUWIy8bBAvfx/s400/IMG_0446-1.JPG" border="0" /></a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Wt5ViJpOiGTUow78ljp-A9YiI1Ny5Xl-0kFI9yddQ7R_CUN_zBR49N_TRDIh_SHWLmmEISL6dDeypwYXCsslaPAD77Qh3Th_CvNMMLlchRSgc0jSXKu7KaNDfbtrmD0PzD66/s1600/IMG_0431-2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Wt5ViJpOiGTUow78ljp-A9YiI1Ny5Xl-0kFI9yddQ7R_CUN_zBR49N_TRDIh_SHWLmmEISL6dDeypwYXCsslaPAD77Qh3Th_CvNMMLlchRSgc0jSXKu7KaNDfbtrmD0PzD66/s400/IMG_0431-2.JPG" border="0" /></a>In layman speak it's one of the daddy-long-legs spiders. I still think daddy-long-legs should refer to the non-spider arachnid the Opilione, <a href="http://macromath.blogspot.com/2005/07/opiliones.html">here's my pic</a> of one.<br /><br />Even with this find and my cheerful children, it was a melancholy day. The cloud over my head was that <a href="http://kai-rowan-jasmine.blogspot.com/">the kids</a> were still under the impression that Dad intended to return from a road trip. I had already received an email from him informing me that he had no plans to return but I was still attempting to get more information before I was going to tell them.<br /><br />I think the kids were coming to terms with the idea of divorce, but abandonment... the first talk was a cake walk. The kids are still in shock but soldiering through. I'm really amazed by their bravery, but I wish I could do more than I am. They've asked some painful questions and my answers have been less than emotionally satisfying I'm sure. But how can one explain to three young kids events that have stupifyed all the adults? I've told them what I know and ended with things like, "I don't know why," and "I don't know what's happening but I'll tell you as soon as I do."<br /><br />I'm preparing for rough water ahead. If there is a bright spot it's that the home atmosphere is much less tense -- like a cold, sodden woolen blanket has been removed. Co-habitating with your soon to be ex is one of the most stressful situations I think a person could be under. That or bomb squad work.<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />[Addendum] My friend Anonymous pointed out that the spider is actually a Lynx spider. Goofy me. :)<br /></div>Hypatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006794721285468833noreply@blogger.com2