This was by design on my part, she has been getting more and more star-struck of late, becoming a really obnoxious botox! She needs more boundaries and I think not being featured will be a humbling experience for her…still, if you take pity on her, I will include a still shot when I send you the additional images. She was totally hidden by the line of tall amaranth…like I said, by design.

I am still hoping to get the ID on the green insect, I am really curious as to what the true name for this one is, so much color! Oh and roll on a cold squeeter snap, I want them to be gone, once and for all!

The ruellia are like that popping candy…it used to be called “space-dust” in the UK. I remember we (the class disruptives) used to pile two packets of it into our mouths just before a class would begin, we would then open our mouths and form mouth “shapes” to create different “sounds” when the teacher would speak! We would die laughing!

Ahh, it was the simple things in those days.

ESP.

Can’t wait to hear the ID on the green one. And I hate to get a hard freeze but we gotta get rid of these squeeters!

And, for a real kick, put some of the almost ripe ruellia seeds in your pocket. That’ll give you a jolt when they pop!