Little Things

There are so many things to see this time of year. I told the dogs we should look for a tortoise this evening and this is what we found...

Curious burros

Antlion craters

Caterpillar

A wall of barrel cactus

A brilliant jewel

Strawberry hedgehog in bloom

A chirping cricket

Black widow webs are usually a few unorganized strands unlike the intricate webs of some other spiders. The picture below shows a densely woven area at a protected edge of the web where the widow is housed. The blue arrow points to where she is hidden and you can actually see her in the enlarged image. Very cool to find them out here where I can leave them in peace.

Black widow

I thought we were skunked on seeing a tortoise when Tux came down from the slope and dropped this at my feet -- a little wet but unharmed. What am I going to do with this dog...

Tortoise in hiding