While I was turning this year’s leaves into mulch for next year’s vegetables, a supervisor landed on my glove:
I thought it was a very small stick insect covered with leaf chaff, but it turned out to be a Pale Green Assassin Bug nymph with built-in armor and spines:
Something like that, anyway.
This katydid supervised while I put the tools away:
Those scary stern claspers must come in handy for something, but I’d rather not be on the receiving end.
It was a fine day to be outdoors, although I vastly prefer my shop.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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“Studies have shown that children who grow up in rural areas, where they are more likely to be exposed to the outdoors on a daily basis, have fewer allergies than kids who play primarily indoors in an urban or suburban environment.”
— May Recreation Equipment & Design, L.P
:grin:
Indeed!